THE PROBLEM OF THE SEMANTIC CATEGORY OF PHASE IN THE CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
Based on a functional approach the article analyzes different points of view on the phase problem. The status of the phase in the system of aspectuality is studied. The differences in the definition of the conception of phase division of the process and the ways of its expression in the Russian language are analyzed in detail. The analysis reveals the interaction of the phase with the category of an aspect. The author describes various modifications of phase meanings, conditioned by the context, the situation of communication, the lexical meaning of the verb.