Category of finitude

Tanya Piven, Alina Martynyuk, Irina Kochkina

The category of finitude is the grammatical category of the
verb which find formal expression in the outward structure
of its.
 Verbal forms

refer an action to its the infinitive, the

agent a person or a gerund, and the
thing that performs participle (present
this action. and past)

finite non-finite
Non-finite forms of the verb are
1.The term “finite” is derived from
otherwise called “verbals”, or
the Latin term “verbum finitum”,
“verbids”.The term, introduced by
which
O. Jespersen, implies that they are
shows that these words denote
not
actions developing in time.
verbs in the proper sense of the
word, because they combine
features of
the verb with features of other
notional parts of speech.
 The mixed character of non-finites is revealed in their
semantics (meaning), morphemic structural marking (form),
combinability, and syntactic function.
Non finites are
characterized by the
following features:
They do not denote pure processes but present
them as peculiar kinds of substances and
properties;

They do not express the most specific finite verb

categories: tense and mood;

They have a mixed valency: verbal and non-

verbal;

They perform mixed syntactic functions: verbal

and non-verbal
The opposition of finites to non-finites is based on
expression of the functions of full (primary)
predication and potential (secondary) predication.

predication in its
Finites complete form

semi-predication by
building a semi-
Non-finites predicative complex
within the sentence
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