MODUS SENTIENDI AND USAGE OF TENSES AND VERBALS IN SENTENCES AND CLAUSES (ON CATEGORIZATION OF PERCEIVED EVENTS)

MODUS SENTIENDI AND USAGE OF TENSES AND VERBALS IN SENTENCES AND CLAUSES (ON CATEGORIZATION OF PERCEIVED EVENTS)

Author:  L.M. Kovalyova

Abstract: 
The constructions influenced by modus sentiendi are divided in two groups:
1. Complex objects with Infinitives, clauses with Indefinite Tense and sentences with Indefinite Tense denote events perceived as a whole.
2. Complex objects with Participle I, clauses with Continuous Tense and sentences with Continuous Tense denote events perceived only partially.
The opposition forms a functional – cognitive category of evidentiality in English.

Pages:  27-32