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Leсture 7
Theme;Syntactigal relations between the components of a phrase.
Problems for discussion;
1. Agreement or concord as a relation between the components of a phrase
2.Government is the grammatigal way in whish the use of one word requires another word.
Adjoing is a way of expressing syntactigal relation in a phrase.
4.Enclosure is a means of expressing syntactigal connection.
In present day english linguistic theory are ways of expressing syntagtigal relations Between components of a phrase.They are agreement or concord,government and adjoining. Agreement (concord).By agreement we mean a method of expressing a syntactical
Relationship, which consists in making the subordinate word take aform similar to that of the
Ward to whish it is subordinate. Incontemporary English this can refer only to the category of number; asubordinate wourd agrees in number with his head word it has definite number forms at all.In some other languages,sush as Russian,there is also agreement in case and gender.This is practically found in two words only,the pronoun this and that,whish agree in number with their head word. These two pronouns stand quite apart in the contemporary english syntactical system .
As to the problem of agreement of the verb with noun or pronoun denoting the subject of the agtion, for example,a child plays, children plays, children play, this is a controversial provlem usually it is treated as agreement of the predigate whish the subject, that is as a phenomenon of level,rather than to the sentence level and that that phrases of the pattern
noun+verb do exist,we have to treat this problem in this chapter (lecture) devoted to phrases.
The controversy is this does the verb stand,say,in the plural number because the noun denoting the subjegt of the agtion is plural,so that the verb is in the full sense of the word
Subordinate to the noun? Does the verb exprees by its category of number,the singularity or plurality of the doer? This question was raised with reference to Indo-european languages by A.Meillet and with reference to the Russian language by A.Peshkovsky .
There are some phenomena in modern English whish would seem to show that the verb
does not always follow the noun in the category of number. For example,my family are early
risers,on the one hand,and the united nations is an international organization on the other hand prove that the verb can by independent of the noun in this respegt.Though the noun is in the singular,the verb may by understood to by plural.Though the nounis plural the verb may be singular,if the doer is understand to be singular.Examplesof such usage are arguments in favour of the view that there is no agreement in number of the verb with the noun expressing the doer of the agtion.
The fact that sentence like my family is small,and my amily are early risers exist side by side proves that there is no agreement of the verb with the noun in either case. The verb shows of number in the noun may by.
Thus fact that sentence like my family is small,and my amily are early risers exist side by
Side proves that there is no agreement of the verb with the noun in either case.The verb shows of the subject of the action is to be though of as singular or plural,no mattherwhat the category of number in the noun may by.
Thus the sphere of agreement in modern English is extremely small.
Government. By government we understand the use of a certain form of the subordinate word required by its head word,but not coinciding with the form of the head word itself-that is the difference between agreement and government.
The role of government in modern english is almost as insignifigant as that of agreement.
We do not find inenglish any verbs,or nouns,or adjegtives,requiring the subordinate noun to by in one case rather than in another.Nor do we find prepositions requiring anything of the kind.The only thing that may be termed dovernment in modern English is the use of the
Objegtive case of personal pronouns and of the pronoun who when they are subordinate to a verb or follow a preposition.
For example,the forms me,him,her,us them,are required if the pronoun follows a verb(e.g.find or invite)or any preposition whatever.Even this type of government is made somewhat doubtful by the rising tendency,to use the forms me,him,etg., outside their original sphere as forms of the objective case.
As to nouns,the notion of government may by said to have begome quite uncertain in presentday english Even if we stick to the view that father and father`s are forms of the common and the genitive case respectively,we could not assert that a preposition always requires the form of the common case.For instance,the preposition ``at`` can be combined with both case forms;compare I looked at my father and I spent the summer at my father`s, and with the preposition ``to``:Iwrote to the chemist,and Iwent to the chemist`s,etc.
It seems to follow that the notion of government does not apply to forms of nouns.
Adjoining.In Russian and in karakalpak linguistig theory,there is a third way of expressing syntagtigal relations between components of a phrase,which is termed .No exact definition of this notion is given.Its characteristic feature is usually described in a negative way ,as absence bout of agreement and of government.The most usual example of this type of connection is the relation between an adverb and its head word,if this is and adjegtive or a verb.An adverb is subordinate to its head word,without either
agreeing with or being governed by it.This negative characteristic can not by said to by
suffb icient as a definition of a concrete syntactical means of expression.If we take sush a simple case as the sentence,…Iashes of rain striped the great windows almost horizontally (R.West).It shous the adverb horizontally to be subordinate to the verb striped.
We shall have to conclude that is achived by a certain combination of factors,some of which are grammatical,while others are not.The grammatical factor is the fact is the fact than an adverb gan be subordinate toa verb.
Adjoining as a syyntagtical relation between the components (elements)ofa phrase may be used with the verb phrases,for example,to take a bath-to send a wire
Thereis another means of expressing syntactigal connection which play a significant part in modern English. It may be called ``enclosure ``and its essence is this .Two most widely known,many other words than adjectives and nouns can be found in that position.However,examples of other parts of speech and also of phrases englosed will not be out of place here.
The then government-here the adverb then,being enclosed between the article and the noun it belongs to,is in this way shown to be an attribute to the noun,
For example; his task-his responsible task-urgent responsible task.
Adjective responsible is enclosed between pronoun his and the noun task.``responsible ``belongs to the noun task as an attribute.
Recommended literature
1.Ilyish B.A.The structure of Modem English grammar.Leningrad 1971.
2.Linda Thomas.Begining Syntax.Oxford U K,1993.
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