THE ROLE OF SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC CRITERIA IN CLASSIFYING VERBS FOR THE PURPOSES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH, WITH A FOCUS ON THE VERB ASK

VOL. 57, BOOK 1, PART А, 2019, pp. 374 – 384 Full text (En)

Author: Slavka Grancharova

Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv

Abstract
The article revisits the well-researched topic of verb classifications and the basis on which they are proposed. The purpose of such classifications is to provide a systematic presentation for understanding, teaching and learning the verbs included in them, which is important for effective communication. Neither semantic nor syntactic criteria alone are complete in themselves for discussing linguistic phenomena. Thus, the article supports the view that the interdependence between meaning and structure is crucial for understanding linguistic patterns and their functions in communication. The analysis is based on authentic examples from the Corpus of Contemporary American.

Key words: lexical verb classes, syntactic verb classes, FLT