Теоретична граматика

Seminar №6
Practical assignment


1. Comment on the following terms:
language unit, language level, lexical meaning, grammatical meaning, lexico-grammatical meaning, part of speech, word, notional words, functional words, word form


2. Decide to what part of speech the words underlined may be assigned. Pose arguments.
1. They just came in. They are sitting in number 7 booth (Drei­ser).
2. We hope to be just in our understanding of such a difficult situation.
3. I haven’t eaten since breakfast.
4. I was born there but have never been there since I was a baby (Trollope).
5. Well! You have never been here since (Dreiser).
6. They have moved to that house two years before (Maugham).
7. His tone wasn’t that cold (Shaw).
8. He ate all that was placed before him (Dickens).
9. I saw that it was two o'clock (Du Maurier).
10. I have just returned from my round of medical visits (Collin),
11. At that moment the woman at the fire turned round (Mansfield).
12. Look round this room (Dickens).


3. Classify the following words into groups on the basis of their
a) general lexico-grammatical meaning;
b) implicit grammatical meaning;
c) categorical grammatical meaning.

Love, money, writer, snow, brave, come, lamp, old, asked, second, customs, takes, kept, glasses, looks, sheep, louse, lice, answered, first, puts, men, police, water, parts, writers’.

Content Module II


SEMINAR 7
Grammatical Nature of English Noun


Objectives:

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  to assess students’ achievements in mastering the required theoretical material;
  
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  to enable students to form judgments of their own on the questions of diverse grammatical intricacies.
  

Questions for discussion:

1. 
   English Noun, general characteristics of a noun as a part of speech. Classification of nouns.
   
2. 
   Realization of noun categories.
   

2.1. Category of Number.
2.2. Case category. Different case theories of English noun.
2.3. Category of Gender. Views on the category of Gender in the theory of grammar.
2.4. Category of Article Determination.
Recommended literature:

1. 
   M.Y. Blokh. A Course in Theoretical Grammar. - M.: Высшая школа -2003. – 423 p.
   
2. 
   M.Y. Blokh., T.N.Semionova, S.V. Timofeyeva. Theoretical English Grammar. Seminars. - M.: Высшая школа -2003. – 471 p.
   
3. 
   Alexeyeva Iryna. Theoretical Grammar Course of Modern English. – Vinnytsya: Nova Knyha. – 2007. – 328 p.
   
4. 
   E.J.Morokhovskaya Fundamentals of Theoretical English Grammar. - K.: Вища школа. - 1984. – 246 p.
   
5. 
   B. Ilyish The Structure of Modern English. – Л.: Просвещение. - 1971. – 214 р.
   
6. 
   N.M.Rayevska Modern English Grammar. - K.: Вища школа. - 1976. p.6-8, 37-42.
   
7. 
   Khaimovich B.S., Rogovskaya B.I. The Structure of Modern English. М.
   

1. 
   1967. p.6-10
   

8. 
   Языкознание. Большой энциклопедический словарь / Гл.ред. В.Н.Ярцева. – 2-е изд. - М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2000. – 688с: ил.
   
9. 
   Traugott E.C., Pratt M.L. Linguistics. – Oxford University Press. – Oxford, 2002. - 58 p.
   
10. 
    L.L. Iofik, L. P. Chakhoyan. Readings in the Theory of English Grammar.p.p. 43-67.
    
11. 
    O.M.Starikova, N.P.Alova. Seminars in Theoretical Grammar. p.52-54.