Some aspects of the theory of inter-categorial interaction within the English verbal system
The article proposes a complex approach to the analysis of the semantics of the English Verb as the direct outcome of the phenomenon of inter-categorial and inter-conceptual interaction. It goes on to specify the range of interacting entities, with special emphasis upon the overlapping semantic zones of the nominal and verbal categories. The cumulative effect is the model of a “temporal-modal-aspectual-taxis” matrix, whose syntagmatic realization depends on discourse and pragmatic conditions, and the analysis of the “lexico-grammatical continuum” as a practical outcome of intercategorial interaction in the language system.