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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">til</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Tiltanym</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Tiltanym</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2411-6076</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2709-135X</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Институт языкознания имени А.Байтурсынулы КН МОН РК</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.55491/2411-6076-2026-3-100-107</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">til-2320</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКАЯ ЛИНГВИСТИКА</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEORETICAL LINGUISTICS</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Семантические особенности модального глагола can в английском языке</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Semantic Dimensions of Modal Verb Can in English</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5645-5982</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ешнияз</surname><given-names>Г. С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Yeshniyaz</surname><given-names>G. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Гульзада Салмырзаевна Ешнияз, автор-корреспондент, докторант</p><p>г. Алматы</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Gulzada Yeshniyaz, Corresponding Author, Doctoral Student</p><p>Almaty</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">yeshniyaz@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8920-9294</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ислам</surname><given-names>А. И.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Islam</surname><given-names>A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Айбарша Ислам, доктор филологических наук, профессор</p><p>г. Алматы</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Aybarsha Islam, Doctor of Philology, Professor</p><p>Almaty</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">Ayis96212@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8863-948X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Хайржанова</surname><given-names>А. Х.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Khairzhanova</surname><given-names>A. Kh.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Ахмарал Хатифкызы Хайржанова, кандидат филологических наук, ассоциированный профессор</p><p>г. Атырау</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Akhmaral Khairzhanova, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor</p><p>Atyrau</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">khairzhanovaa@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Казахский университет международных отношений и мировых языков имени Абылай хана</institution><country>Казахстан</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages</institution><country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Атырауский университет имени Халела Досмухамедова</institution><country>Казахстан</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University</institution><country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>17</day><month>10</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>100</fpage><lpage>107</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Ешнияз Г.С., Ислам А.И., Хайржанова А.Х., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Ешнияз Г.С., Ислам А.И., Хайржанова А.Х.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Yeshniyaz G.S., Islam A., Khairzhanova A.K.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.tiltanym.kz/jour/article/view/2320">https://www.tiltanym.kz/jour/article/view/2320</self-uri><abstract><p>Эффективное общение между людьми не ограничивается лишь обменом информацией, но также включает передачу отношения говорящего к высказанной мысли. В этом контексте категория модальности является важной составляющей речи. Одним из модальных глаголов английского языка, выражающих различные оттенки модальности является can. Can – самый простой модальный глагол английского языка, поскольку он является первым модальным глаголом, который ребёнок усваивает и начинает использовать. В то же время can считается наиболее многозначным модальным глаголом, поскольку может иметь различные интерпретации. Многозначность данного модального глагола неоднократно становилась предметом исследования, однако многие аспекты его семантики до сих пор остаются недостаточно изученными. Большинство исследований в данной области анализируют семантику can в совокупности с другими модальными глаголами английского языка, рассматривая их как единую группу. В отличие от предыдущих работ, настоящее исследование посвящено исключительно семантике модального глагола can. Цель исследования заключается в выявлении и объяснении значений, которые может выражать модальный глагол can. Исследование проведено с применением качественного и количественного анализа высказываний, содержащих модальный глагол can, отобранных из текстов художественной литературы. Проведённый анализ показал, что данный модальный глагол охватывает широкий спектр модальных значений, включая модальность внутренней возможности, модальность внешней возможности, деонтическую модальность и эпистемическую модальность. Установлено, что наиболее распространённой функцией can является выражение модальности внутренней возможности, тогда как деонтическое употребление встречается значительно реже. Кроме того, проведённый анализ выявляет существенное влияние контекста и лингвистического контекста (cotext) на интерпретацию модального глагола can, в частности на установление и разграничение его различных модальных значений.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Effective communication involves not only the exchange of information between people, but also the expression of the speaker’s attitude towards the proposition. Accordingly, modality represents a fundamental component of linguistic communication. One of the modal verbs which encompasses a wide variety of modality meanings is can. Can1 is the easiest modal verb, since it is the first type of modal verb learned and used by a child, at the same time it is the most ambiguous modal verb as it can have different interpretations. The ambiguous nature of modal verb can was approached from different perspectives; however, much uncertainty still exists about the semantics of can. Most studies in the field have accounted for the semantics of can along with other modal verbs in English, thereby subsuming all modal verbs under a broader modal category. Unlike previous works, this study considers the semantics of can solely. Hence, the present paper employs qualitative and quantitative analyses of utterances containing can drawn from fiction, with the aim of identifying the range of meanings expressed by can and examining its functions. The analysis of the data has shown that ‘can’ covers a broad range of modality meanings including participant-internal possibility modality, participant-external possibility modality, deontic modality and epistemic modality. The most frequent use of can was found to be as a marker of participant-internal possibility, whereas its deontic reading was the least frequent. Furthermore, the present study demonstrates the crucial role of context and cotext in determining the interpretation of can and distinguishing between its different modal readings.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>модальность возможности</kwd><kwd>деонтическая модальность</kwd><kwd>эпистемическая модальность</kwd><kwd>контекст</kwd><kwd>модальные глаголы</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>possibility modality</kwd><kwd>deontic modality</kwd><kwd>epistemic modality</kwd><kwd>context</kwd><kwd>modal verbs</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Bybee, J. (1995) The Semantic Development of Past Tense Modals in English in Bybee J. and Fleischman S. Modality in grammar and discourse. USA: Jon Benjamins Publishing company. Pp. 503-518. (in English)</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Bybee, J. 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