CHARACTERIZATION OF NARRATIVE PROVERBIAL SENTENCES IN TERMS OF THEIR COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS IN ENGLISH

Abstract

The article characterizes narrative proverbial sentences from the point of view of their communicative functions in the English language. Narrative proverbial sentences express the predicative relationship of the subject and the predicate, reflecting real connections and relationships. Among English proverbs, quite a large part are negative sentences. Proverbial sentences of the English language with a predicate, which are expressed by a verb in the future tense, are noted in much smaller numbers. In English proverbs, indefinite tenses are used, mainly the present indefinite. And long times occur in rare cases, because they denote actions in motion, in development. They are associated with a certain place or time, and sometimes other actions. So they don’t have a generalized character. Perfect tenses are also not typical for English proverbial sentences of a narrative nature. Narrative sentences make up the majority of English proverbs. They are the predominant use of narrative sentences with a verb-predicate in the present indefinite tense in the indicative mood.