Usage of tense forms in modem English

  • L I. Nikonorova National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Audit
  • I. V. Stohniy National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Audit
Keywords: category, time, space, tense form, functional style, verb, language

Abstract

The category of space and time is the important branch in the thinking and cognitive activity of a man, construction of the man’s language picture of the world. With the accumulation of knowledge about the surrounding world ideas about space and time became complicated and acquired new interpretation. The article deals tenth the usage of tenses in modem English from the point of view of space and time. The authors investigated the grammatical tense forms in different functional styles. In modem English the category of time determined above all forms of the present and the past, because they are synthetic. Although it has its historical core of only two forms - present and past - is not limited and is represented by at least three tenses - present, past and future. The category of future holds a special place in the system of temporal verbs. Its place is determined by the value of a specific future time, if past and present tenses express facts, the future tense does not represent any facts at all. Its sphere is a sphere of something possible, predictable, planned, desired, etc.

Also it is necessary to establish the extent of communication between each functional style and temporal shape, define feature the use of a grammatical form of the verb in a functional style, and determine which of functional styles are the closest to the invariant model.

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2017-09-20
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Nikonorova, L. I., & Stohniy, I. V. (2017). Usage of tense forms in modem English. Scientific Bulletin of the National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Audit, (2), 86-90. Retrieved from https://nasoa-journal.com.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/98