About the Term “Dependent Taxis” in Modern Linguistics

The purpose of this article is to analyze the reasons for the disappearance of one of the basic terms from the terminological apparatus of the modern taxis theory. This refers to the term “dependent taxis”, which is traditionally used in aspectological studies of home and foreign linguists since the late 50s of the 20th century. Providing a brief overview of the history of the term emerging, the authors attempted to identify the specifics of its application in modern research practice. According to the authors, terminological inconsistency that we see in present papers devoted to the dependent taxis study is often caused by mixing of taxis categorical and related phenomena, as well as fuzzy distinction of semantic and grammatical nuances in taxis itself. The last condition often leads to incorrect methodological conclusions applying for versatility.