CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION …………………………………………..…………………..…4

1 Oe morphology. The verb

1.1 The grammatical categories of the OE verb ..………..……………………….....6

1.2 Morphological classes of the verbs in OE.…………...……………………..…..14

2 Morphological Comparison of Old English and Modern English verbs

2.1 Formation verb categories of voice and mood……………………………....…18

2.2 Comparative analysis of the Middle English and Modern English language

an example Shakespeare's plays ……………….………………….…...………21

2.3 The verb in Old English epic poem Beowulf….. …………………………..…...23

CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………….24

BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………….26

Introduction

The topicality.The history of the English language (HEL) is taught at English departments the world over, and English historical linguistics is a discipline with a very active international research community. The focus of research in the field seems to have gravitated from the earlier, medieval varieties to Early and, quite recently, Modern English. A very recent addition to the library of student grammars is An Introductory Grammar of Old English with an Anthology of Readings by Robert Dennis Fulk, Professor of English at Indiana University Bloomington. Professor Fulk is ideally suited for writing a grammar of Old English and compiling an anthology of Anglo-Saxon literature to accompany the linguistic description. In addition to Old English language and literature, he specialises in Germanic languages, comparative Indo-European linguistics, and Irish and Welsh. In addition to the Grammar, his recent work on HEL includes books on literary history, Old English morphology and Beowulf. The volumes which had constantly when perusing R. D. Fulk’s book are those by Peter S. Baker, whose recent textbook is now in its third edition and Bruce Mitchell and Fred C. Robinson.

The relevance of the theme of the course work in the study of the English language for its development and formation. Understanding that there is no language without words, and the words themselves do not constitute a language leads us to believe that the words are only the language when they are organized. It determines their use of language and gives intelligent character, making it the most important means of human communication. And this makes a comparative analysis of Old English and Modern English languages. This theme covers a wide range of issues related to changes in grammar of the English language.

The main idea of the research is the Old English verb, which is a structure that during the entire period of its development was subjected to significant changes. These changes have greatly affected its present state. To fully understand the structure of this system, it is necessary to study it from the very beginning of its origin. This will not only penetrate to the sources, but also more well-suited to a holistic perception of the entire system.

Grammatical categories of the Old English verb are the subject of numerous works of general and specific nature on the theory and history of the grammatical structure of the English language. The study of this problem was thoroughly studied by such prominent foreign linguists as Ilyish B. A., Barkhudarov L. S., Smirnitsky, and many others. The verb in the Old English language and its specific weight, and the number and methods of formation of grammatical forms – of course, the Central part of speech. The number of grammatical verb forms is unrivalled of the parts of speech in the English language.

The goal of the research -to study of the morphological system of the verb in the old English period and analyse the use of categories of the Old English verb in a context, to show their essence.

Achievement of the aim of the study requires a number of tasks:

1. To consider the basic grammatical categories of the Old English verb.

2. To give determination to every category of the Old English verb.

3. To consider application of grammatical categories of the Old English verb in a certain context.

4.To analyze and systematization of the features of the grammatical structures of the English language from the ancient period to the present.

5.To characterize peculiarities of changes in grammar, morphology Old English and Modern English language.

The object of the research – the history of the English Language.

The subject of the research – grammatical categories of the Old English verb.