Лекции по теоретической грамматике английского языка для студентов
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takes place when one of the members of the opposition is placed in contextual conditions uncommon for it, that is, the use of the form is stylistically marked. Transposition is based on the contrast between the members of the opposition, it may be defined as a contrastive use of the counter-member of the opposition. As a rule, it is the marked member of the opposition that is employed transpositionally, but not always so. e.g. He is always borrowing my pen. The present continuous form in the example stands in sharp contradiction with its regular grammatical meaning “action in progress at the present time”. There is no doubt that the contradiction is purposeful: by exaggeration, it intensifies the implied disapproval of the person’s behavior. The verbal categories of tense, aspect and temporal correlation are all subject to oppositional reduction. Let us consider the following examples: Category of tense: eg. The big Christmas sale starts next Monday. Your order will be sent to you immediately after we get a copy of your receipt. The two examples present cases of neutralization of the opposition “present vs. future”. Present forms “starts” and “get” refer to future actions. In the first case neutralization is жүктеу/скачать 0,5 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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