Functional-semantic analyses of the infinitive in englishINTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………….3CHAPTER I. SEMANTIC CONTENT OF THE INFINITIVE FORMS Description and usage of infinitive….………………...………………….…5To plus infinitive construction……………..……..………………………..11CHAPTER II. SEMANTIC SHIFTS WITHIN INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH2.1 Semantic process within infinitive….……………………..………………….192.2 Syntactic properties of infinitive constructions..…………….…………….…21CONCLUSION …………………………………………………………………..23REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………...25