Презентация, доклад на тему История Английского языка: Development of the Gerund

Plan:Origin of the gerundThe endings of the verbal nounsThe endings of the present participleThe sphere of the usageModern English

Слайд 1Development of the Gerund
The presentation is made by
Tsymbalova Anna

Development of the Gerund The presentation is made by Tsymbalova Anna

Слайд 2Plan:
Origin of the gerund
The endings of the verbal nouns
The endings of

the present participle
The sphere of the usage
Modern English


Plan:Origin of the gerundThe endings of the verbal nounsThe endings of the present participleThe sphere of the

Слайд 3Key Terms:
Blending – контаминация, смешение
Overlap – наложение
Descendant – потомок

Key Terms:Blending – контаминация, смешениеOverlap – наложениеDescendant – потомок

Слайд 4Origin
The gerund is a descendant of the Old English noun and

the present participle.

reading 

OLD English

cyning

OriginThe gerund is a descendant of the Old English noun and the present participle.reading  OLD Englishcyning

Слайд 5 The verbal noun had the endings:
The Old English


The Middle English

-ung
-ing(e)
The

Modern English

- ing

The verbal noun had the endings: The Old EnglishThe Middle English -ung-ing(e)The Modern English- ing

Слайд 6Noun
Anglo-Saxon

cyning
Mordern English

King

NounAnglo-Saxon cyningMordern English King

Слайд 7The present participle
The Old English -ende
The Middle English –

inge
The Morden English - ing

The present participleThe Old English   -endeThe Middle English – ingeThe Morden English - ing

Слайд 8The verbal noun and the participle became merged into one form


-ing


The verbal noun and the participle became merged into one form -ing

Слайд 9As the result of the blending of the two forms,
The

verbal noun in (-ing) began to develop verbal
characteristics
Under the influence of the participle


As the result of the blending of the two forms, The verbal noun in (-ing) began to

Слайд 10The Old English ending “ing” had the meaning of “the son

of”

Sverting
Scylding


(Beowulf)

The Old English ending “ing” had the meaning of “the son of” SvertingScylding(Beowulf)

Слайд 11In Middle English and in Early Mordern English the noun was

preceded by the definite article and followed by the preposition OF

Compare:
He thanked him for the saving of his life.
He thanked him for saving his life.

In Middle English and in Early Mordern English the noun was preceded by the definite article and

Слайд 12The sphere of the usage
Gerund replaced the Infinitive and the Participle

in many adverbial functions.
Its advantage was that is could be used with various prepositions
The sphere of the usageGerund replaced the Infinitive and the Participle in many adverbial functions. Its advantage

Слайд 13The advantage of the gerund was that is could be used

with various prepositions

I am fond of reading. 
He felt satisfaction in helping them. 
Did you find any difficulty in   solving this problem?    
When do you think of going there?   
There is no sense in going there today.
Have you any reason for saying such   a thing? 

The advantage of the gerund was that is could be used with various prepositions I am fond of

Слайд 14Modern English
Gerund
Nominal

verbal

characteristics

Can be used in the syntactic
Function of subject,
Object, predicative.

Can be preceded by a
Preposition

Can be modified by a
Noun in the genitive case or
By a possessive pronoun.

Can take a direct object


Can be modified by an adverb.

Has tense distinctions

Has voice distinctions

Modern EnglishGerund Nominal

Слайд 15Thank you for your attention

Thank you for your attention

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