Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 0. INTRODUCTION -- 1. BACKGROUND -- 2. SEMOLOGICAL SKETCH OF THE MODAL SYSTEM -- 3. THE IMMINENT MODALS: MUSS AND WILL -- 4 THE PRECARIOUS MODALS: DARF AND KANN -- 5. THE BIASED MODALS: SOLL AND MAG -- 6. THE MODALS IN THE SUBJUNCTIVE -- 7. NEGATION OF THE MODALS -- 8 .CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OP IMPORTANT TERMS AND AUTHORS