The Structures of Secondary Predication in the Modern English Language

Abstract

For linguistic researches of English Grammar the structures of secondary predication are of great interest. It is considered that structures of secondary predication do not have the direct analog in Ukrainian language which makes some difficulties in studying English as a foreign language, and makes some difficulties while the translation. To these structures traditionally belong Complex Object, Complex Subject, For-to-Infinitive Construction, Absolute Construction and Gerundial Predicative Construction. All named units have different grammatical forms, but are characterised by such common feature as non-agreement of subject-predicative relations in their outer structures.