%0 Journal Article %@ 2076-6173 %A Євченко, В. В. %D 2004 %F zu2:1455 %I Вид-во ЖДУ ім. І.Франка %J Вісник Житомирського державного університету імені Івана Франка %N 17 %P 143-146 %T Recent modifications of the functional and communicative characteristics of english modals %U http://eprints.zu.edu.ua/1455/ %X The article deals with the present-day trends in changes and modification of the functional and communicative features of the English modals. These changes are manifested mainly in three main directions which are determined by the changes in social attitudes.