The subject of linguistic typology, branches

19. Typology of the category of Aspect

The category of aspect is in both lang-s. In Rus. it is a universal category because every verb belongs either to the perfective or imperfective indicators prefixes suffixes. In Eng. is presented by 2 forms: - continuous – noncontinuous (he writes – he is writing).

Instead of some aspect forms in Eng. different words are used (нырять – толкнуть).
In Eng. to denote quick aspect different words are used (to push, dive).
In perfective forms in Rus. are built with the help of suffixes (ыва – ива переписать-переписывать/ write - rewrite).
The category of aspect in Rus and Eng is connected with the category of tense. The finite forms in indicative mood in Rus may convey actions in the past present/future (только глаголы в изъявительном наклонении имеют все времена).
In Rus verbs have no special ending denoting persons. Verbs in the past tense have the category of gender.
Past tense in eng. is divided into 4 groups: - verbs denote action at a moment of speech, - repeated action, - ????


21. Typology of the category of mood.


23. Typological characteristic of type of sentence in eng and rus.