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| Article name | To the Question of the -ing Form History in English |
| Authors | Sokolova A.Y.Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor alinasokolova.tver@yandex.ru |
| Bibliographic description | Sokolova A. Yu. To the Question of the -ing Form History in English // Humanitarian Vector. 2018. Vol. 13, No.1. PP. 18–23. DOI: 10.21209/1996-7853-2018-13-1-18-23. |
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| DOI | 10.21209/1996-7853-2018-13-1-18-23 |
| UDK | 811.11-112 |
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| Annotation | This article presents the conclusions of the analysis of the forms of the present participle and the verbal noun in Old English and Middle English texts. In the Old English period, the present participle and the verbal noun were two different parts of speech, having their own forms, grammatical features and functions. In the Old English period, the present participle has a dual nature ‒ nominal (attributive) and verbal. The nominal nature is primary, while the verbal was acquired in the process of participles’ involvement in the verbal paradigm. In the Old English period, verbal nouns do not show any verbal features. They are exclusively substantive in nature. In the Middle English period, the present participle coincides in form with the verbal noun. In the late Middle English texts, only one form in -ing are recorded, in which the Old English forms of the verbal noun and the present participle are combined. In this paper, facts are cited indicating an existence of one united -ing (-yng) form. The study showed that in Middle English texts forms in -ing (-yng) are closely intertwined functionally. The united -ing form in the Middle English period expands its functions and valency characteristics. To the verbal, attributive and adverbial features of Old English participles it adds the substantive functions and the valency of the verbal noun. |
| Key words | Old English period, Middle English period, the present participle, the verbal noun, -ing form |
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