From the history of the study of speaking verbs of the Russian and English languages

the article discusses the issues of studying speaking verbs in Russian and English. Speaking verbs are widespread in these languages. The peculiarity of the verbs of this group is that they more often than the verbs of other groups acquire the meaning of speech as a result of the transfer of the main direct meanings. The content of speech is the most important component of the verbs of speaking. And in its most general form, this category is characteristic to some extent of all verbs of speech. A number of scientists, studying the verbs of speaking, are engaged in classifying these verbs according to semantic-functional, structural-constituent features. Various groups are distinguished among the verbs of speaking. They indicate the possibility of intertwining values within these groups. The conducted research highlights the existence of a similar thematic focus in the two languages. These works provide a variety of lexico-semantic, structural-grammatical and functional-stylistic classifications of these verbs. It is noted that there is a need for further in-depth consideration of them both in a separate Russian and in terms of comparison with English and other languages.

background of the issue, speaking verbs, English, Russian, linguistic definition, definition of boundaries, grammatical criteria, lexical units