The article examines some considerations about the subject in English and Tajik. The analysis includes numerous definitions of the subject. The opinions of English and Tajik linguists on the status and place of the main parts of a sentence – the subject and the predicate – are examined. It is mentioned that in linguistics there are different opinions on this issue: scientists who support verbocentrism support the opinion that the basis of any sentence is the predicate; the second group of scientists believe that a sentence cannot exist without a subject, the third group of scientists believe that the main members of a sentence are both the predicate and the subject and they are equal. It is emphasized that in the level structure of a sentence the subject may be omitted or not participate in it at all. But at a deeper level the subject exists and is determined by the context or situation of speech communication.
predicate, subject, superficial subjects, deep subjects, sentence, principle part of the sentence, predicativity
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