THE ANALYSIS OF SEEM-CONSTRUCTIONS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF GENERATIVE GRAMMAR

The article studies seem-constructions in the history of the English language from the standpoint of generative grammar. It analyzes the main functional and structural characteristics ofseem-constructions. The said constructions emerge and are regularly used at the end of Middle English and turn int...

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Published inФілологічні студіі no. 2
Main Author A.P. Ochkovska
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University 01.12.2016
Subjects
generative grammar
seem-constructions
subject raising structures
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Summary:The article studies seem-constructions in the history of the English language from the standpoint of generative grammar. It analyzes the main functional and structural characteristics ofseem-constructions. The said constructions emerge and are regularly used at the end of Middle English and turn into regular grammatic construals in Early Modern English. The analized constructions are regarded as raising structures involving the movement of the predicate’s argument from a lower clause towards the position of the subject in a higher clause.
ISSN:2412-2491