THE ENGLISH GERUND AS A DYNAMIC PHENOMENON

Аннотация

In this article, the English gerund is described as a dynamic language unit combining verbal and substantive features, their correlation in various speech situations appearing differently. The gerund appears to have a ‘mobile’ character – its functioning in speech shows that the interplayof verbal and substantive qualities in the gerund may develop to varying degrees, in some casesbringing to the fore either its verbal or substantive properties. The linguistic material analyzed makes possible to speak of various degrees of verbality and substantivity in the gerund, and of the factors and means that influence and define itsfunctioningin speech.