Теоретична граматика

Seminar №7
Practical assignment


1. Comment on the following terms:
noun, substance, pluralia tantum, singularia tantum, collective nouns, case category, common case, inflected cases, analytical cases,grammatical plural, implied plural, plural of approximation, concrete noun, abstract noun.


2. Identify meanings rendered by the following geni­tives. Use transformations to elucidate these meanings.
Model: N's + N₁ — N₁ + of + N₂: John's book --- the book
of John - possessive genitive;
N's + N₁ — N₁ + V_en+ by + N₂ : Pushkin's book— a book written by Push­kin - authorship genitive;
N's + N₁--- N + V : John's arrival--- John arrived - subjective genitive.


children's demand his brother's friend
children's education his brother's business
children’s toys his brother's house
children's language his brother's arrest
children's nursery his brother's group
children's diet his brother's article


3. Suggest names for the following genitives:
mile's trip, a friend of Tom, an hour's detention, the town's MP, the union's declaration, Britain's government, a week's holidays.


4. State the difference in meaning of the following word combinations:
a) the government departments; the government's departments;
b) London streets; London's streets
c) a one-day strike; a one-day's strike
d) the trade union declaration; the trade union's declaration.