Phrase. Principles of classification (H.Sweet, O.Jespersen, L.Bloomfield)

Finite and non-finite forms of the verb. The category of representation.

The main division inside the verb is that between the finite verbs (finites) and non-finite verbs (verbals).

The finites can be subdivided into 3 systems - moods: indicative, imperative, subjunctive.

The verbids can be subdivided into 3 systems: infinitive, gerund, participle.

The category of representation (A.I. Smirnitsky) is the opposition of finite and non-finite forms. The category of representation is revealed through 3 categorial forms:

1. Verbal representation presented by predicative (personal) forms.

2. Substantive representation is characteristic to gerund and infinitive.

3. Adjectival representation is characteristic to participle.

The leading form of the category of representation is verbal representation, that is personal forms.

L.S.Barkhudarov: The category of representation = the category of finitude. The category of finitude (representation) is based on predicativity.

A narrower definition: a phrase is a unity of 2 or more notional words. A wider definition: phrase - any syntactic group of words. Phrases may be built by:

- combining notional words (out of),

- notional and functional words (in the corner),

- functional words (out of).

Notional phrases are more independent structurally and semantically, other types function as part of notional phrases. A phrase is naming unit. A phrase may have a system of forms. Each component of a phrase may undergo grammatical changes without destroying the identity of the phrase. The naming function of the phrase distinguishes it from the sentence, whose main function is communicative. Therefore the structure N+V is traditionally excluded from phrases. A phrase is usually smaller than a sentence, but it may also function as a sentence (N+V), and it may be larger than a sentence, as the latter may consist of one word.

Phrases may be classified partly by their inner structure (syntactic relations between the components, morphological expression and position of components, or by order and arrangement) and partly by their external functioning (distribution, functions of the components).

The components of the phrase can be connected by different types of syntactic relations. H.Sweet: the most general type of relation is that of the modifier and modified (headword and adjunct), or the relation of subordination. He also distinguished the relation of coordination.

The syntactic theory of O.Jespersen can be applied to phrases and sentences. The theory of three ranks is based on the principle of determination. In the word-group a furiously³ barking² dog¹ 1 is independent and is called a primary, 2 modifies 1 and is called a secondary, 3 modifies 2 and is called a tertiary. A secondary may be joined to a primary in two ways: junction and nexus. These terms are used to differentiate between attributive and predicative relations (relations between the subject and the predicate), or the relations of subordination and interdependence.

The structural theory of word-groups (L.Bloomfield), divides word-groups into two main types: endocentric (headed) and exocentric (non-headed). The criteria for distinguishing between them are distribution and substitution..An endocentric group has the same position as its headword: An old man came in. - A man came in.

The distribution of an exocentric group differs from the distribution of its components: A man came in.

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