There are two types of word modification in English, derivation, and inflection. The former changes both the meaning and syntactic roles of original words, and the words generated by derivation can be inflected like any other words of the same part of speech. The latter does not change either the meaning or syntactic roles of the original words but merely expresses the necessary grammatical categories, and the inflected words cannot be inflected further. However, traditional prescriptive English grammar description (T-PEGD) includes the process of forming verbids into the inflection category although verbids have new meanings and do not express any grammatical categories. This causes logical inconsistencies in T-PEGD, raising the question in English acquisition, especially for L2 learners, how to cope with the inconsistencies. In order to solve the problem, this research introduces a new theory of English word modification called “utilization”, which makes it possible to describe the function of inflection distinctively from utilization and derivation and define the process of forming verbids and their grammatical roles in sentences clearly and consistently. This paper also discusses the way utilization solves the flaws of T-PEGD and how the new theory contributes to forming a new model of describing English grammar called POES, which provides a more sustainable, consistent, and realistic description of English grammar that will comply with everyday English.

Authors:
Byeongyong Kim, Sociom Research Center, South Korea

About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Kim serves as director of Sociom Research Center in South Korea, devoting his time to researching into Social Axiom (Sociom) and solving flaws of English grammar description in T-PEGD (traditional prescriptive English grammar description).

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