Historical morphology. The word-class verb

1. The evolution of grammatical categories of the verb

2. Morphological classification of Germanic verbs

Key-words: weak/strong verbs, preterite-presents, suppletive verbs, anomalous verbs, mediopassive, vowel interchanges, root-morpheme, gradation, classes, tense, reduplication.

Questions and tasks:

1. Dwell on the evolution of grammatical categories of the English verb.

2. Speak about mediopassive.

3. What are the specific features of preterite-present verbs?

4. Which of the Germanic languages preserved the archaic forms of the verbs inherited from Proto-Indo-European?

5. Comment on morphological structure of the following Gothic forms: azetizo, balgins, fairnjana, afnimada, dagos, gaggaiþ, motarjos, anakumbida, mannam, swaleikata, habaiþ.

6. Which grammatical categories are reflected in the following forms of Gothic words: þize, afletanda, airþai, þeinana, galaiþ, mikilidedun, laistei, haitanana, qeþun, þaim, wiljau, fastam, fastand, sunjus, wairsiza, niujata, niujans?

7. Comment on morphological structure of the following Gothic forms: rodida, wintruns, attaitok, wastjai, habaida, sauhtins, usluknodedun, asanais, infeinoda, auhjondein.

8. Define the stem of the following Gothic strong verbs and the type of ablaut. Define the class of the verbs and give the full scheme of vowel interchanges (4 forms): inwait, qaþ, warþ, qeþun, gaswalt, atberun, bitauh, urrais, ganas.

9. Which grammatical categories are reflected in the following forms of Gothic words: handu, ija, is, atlagei, atteka, wastjos, reikis, jainai, þo, afleiþiþ, managei, uggkis, izos, armai, garda, augam, iggqis, magjau, wairþai, witi, was, haimos.

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