ON COGNITIVE-SEMANTIC PARAMETERS OF CONSTRUCTIONS WITH GERUND IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Dzhandubaeva Natal'ya Mukhamedovna
Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University
Abstract. The article is devoted to distinguishing of cognitive-semantic parameters of constructions incorporating gerundive groups. The author emphasizes the properties of verbs, introducing gerund into a matrix structure, and by the example of verbs-introducer with the meaning of perception shows the possibilities of their impact on the semantics of the whole construction. The role of gerundive marker -ing and the semantics of a verb, used in non-personal form, is also mentioned.
Key words and phrases: герундий, глагол-интродуктор, глаголы восприятия, активное восприятие, пассивное восприятие, когнитивно-семантические параметры, радиальная категория, прототипический глагол, gerund, verb-introducer, verbs of perception, active perception, passive percept
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