SEMINAR 3.
The Verb and Verbal Categories.
Issues to be discussed:
1. A general outline of the verb as a part of speech.
2. Classification of verbs (notional verbs/semi-notional verbs).
3. A general outline of verbals: the cate gorial semantics,
categories, syntactic functions.
4. The infinitive, the gerund, the present and past
participle. Their categories and properties.
5. The category of person and number: traditional and
modern interpretations.
6. The category of tense: the basic notions connected with
the category of tense. Modern conceptions of English tenses.
7. The category of aspect. The problems of the aspective
characterization of the verb;
8. The category of voice.
9. Language means of expressing modality. The category
of mood.
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