Brief contents of the course

Glossary of Linguistic Terms

1. 
   impersonal - безличный
   
2. 
   reflexive - возвратный
   

additional reading

1. 
   стр. 114-122
   
2. 
   стр. 74-80
   
3. 
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4. 
   стр. 191-200
   
5. 
   стр. 170-205
   

Practical tasks:

6. 
   Comment on the oppositional reduction in the following sentence:
   

Model: Isn’t that kind of challenge you are always praying for? – The stylistic effect of something happening too often is brought about by the transpositional use of the strong member of the opposition (the continuous aspect) instead of its weak member (the simple aspect with habitual action).
A human being doesn’t live, but is lived.

XVI. Verb. The category of mood.

Mood is the category which expresses the relation of the action to reality, as stated by the speaker. The mood in English is expressed by the opposition of the indicative and a number of oblique (косвенных) moods.
The use of the indicative mood shows that the speaker presents this action as real. No matter how fantastic or imaginary the action is, the attitude of it of the speaker is reflected in the form of the predicate. In the clauses with “if” the meaning of the verb form is that it is real under a certain condition. This is the mood which includes all the tenses, because the other moods don’t need any indication of the time of the action, as we don’t speak of it as about the action which happened, is happening or will happen.
The imperative mood presents the action as recommended, addressed immediately to the second person. Its formal expression uses the infinitive without “to”, which is demonstrated by the verb “be” – Be quick! - Its negative form is expressed by “don’t”, which makes it different from the negative infinitive “not to be quick” – Don’t worry! - Imperative mood forms are used in a specific structure of sentences, imperative, which are characterized by the absence of subject. The use of “you” as a subject of the imperative sentences is stylistically marked – You get out of here! - One of the forms of imperative is that with a modal verb “let”, which in this case loses its meaning. This form of the imperative can be addressed to the first and third person – Let us meet. – Let him come. –