01472nas a2200121   4500008004100000245018100041210012500222300001200347490000600359520090500365100003101270856004901301       1984                        eng d00aКъм семантичното описание на модалните глаголи (върху материал от българския и английския език)0 aКъм семантичното описание на модалните глаголи върху материал от  a11–190 v93 aConsidering in brief some studies on the English modals, the author concludes that, when used independently, neither the objectively logical approach nor the subjectively pragmatic approach can account for the enormous semantic load and great diversity of uses of the units under discussion. So, it has been suggested in the paper that the sense (m) of a modal predication may be represented as a multilayered structure by means of the formula m = [p(L)], where (L) stands for its logical substructure, and (p), for its presuppositional force. The latter, in turn, is determined by a pre-suppositional system of the modals, set up a priori, comprising all those factors which signal the various presuppositional forces of the modals. The interaction between (L) and (p) accounts for the more specific modal meanings. The comparison with Bulgarian serves as a further check on some of the conclusions.1 aНенкова, Мария  uhttp://www.scripta-bulgarica.eu/en/node/3347