Features of Reporting Verbs in Modern English

Shahla Ibrahim Ibrahimova

doi:10.5539/ijel.v6n2p79

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of reporting verbs in Modern English. The research has been done to define the most appropriate features of reporting verbs: the notion they can indicate, the classification of reporting verbs in present-day English, the use of tense forms with reporting verbs, and reporting verbs and citations.Consequently, reporting verbs can express the author’s personal viewpoint, your viewpoint regarding what the author says, and the author’s viewpoint regarding other literature. As a result of investigation, 14 types of verbs according to the general meaning that they express have been determined.A great attention has been paid to the use of tense forms - present simple, present perfect and past tense forms. Besides the above mentioned points, the types of citation, which is closely connected with reporting verbs, and also, the evaluative function of reporting verbs have been investigated, too.

Highlights

Reporting verbs, many times, have been the target of the linguistic investigation, in which their lexical and categorical semantics, together with their functioning in different structures, have been studied
The article is devoted to the problem of reporting verbs in Modern English
In linguistic literature the semantic structure of the given group has been completely described in systematic-paradigmatic level, and so have the peculiarities of their functioning in sentences – utterances

Summary

Introduction

Many times, have been the target of the linguistic investigation, in which their lexical and categorical semantics, together with their functioning in different structures, have been studied. In linguistic literature the semantic structure of the given group has been completely described in systematic-paradigmatic level, and so have the peculiarities of their functioning in sentences – utterances. The text-forming peculiarities of reporting verbs are the most investigated problems by researchers in modern world. The interest to the given group of verbs is conditioned by the complicated nature of their semantic structure, and by the problem of synonymic row of the verbs of this group

Scope of the Study

Logical Classification of Reporting Verbs

Evaluation and Examination Explanation Presentation

Use of Tense Forms When Reporting

Reporting Verbs and Citations

Summary and Concluding Remarks