Examining English Verbs by Describing their Semantic and Grammatical Features and Students' Problems in Learning Lexical-Grammatical Verbs

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Department of the Russian Language and Its Teaching Methods, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

2 Department of Russian Language Teaching Methodology, Moscow State Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia

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This article looks at verbs in the English language, with a particular emphasis on their semantic and grammatical characteristics. It also takes into account the difficulties students have when learning this particular lexical-grammatical group of verbs. Both the grammatical and semantic characteristics of the verbs were recognized and explained. Explanatory dictionaries provided us with study material, and we also mentioned examples from the National Collection of the English Language. Research techniques like content analysis, quantitative analysis, and continuous sampling were applied. The graph displays how referring verbs are used both quantitatively and qualitatively. The essential lexical and grammatical components of verbs were taken into account. It is common knowledge that when studying grammar in English as a foreign language, students struggle greatly with verb usage. Regarding this, the article offers assignments and exercises that can be utilized in the classroom, along with methodological suggestions for researching the pragmatics and semantics of verbs.

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Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics
Volume 14, Issue 3
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Research in Applied Linguistics (ICRAL 2023), October 30, 2023, Kazan, Russia
October 2023
Pages 257-261

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