Theoretical english grammar assessment

Chapter 23
Semantic aspects of syntactic constructions.
Sentence typology within a cognitive approach
1. What are the main approaches to the study of the sentences in cognitive linguistics?
2. What is essence of the notion “semantic constraints”?
3. What semantic types of causation do we observe in English sentence?
4. What is a configurational format?

6. 
   What is the essence of L. Talmy’s theory?
   
7. 
   How is the sentence classified in cognitive linguistics?
   

Chapter 24
Text as an object of syntactic study
1. What categories of lexical cohesion can you name?
2. What is the function of reiteration?
3. What types of interconnection in the text do you know?
4. What functional types of diexis can you name?
5. What is the function of social diexis in discourse?
6. What is intertextuality?


Chapter 25
Syntagmatic relations
1. What terms are used in the investigation of the mechanism of conceptual combination?
2. What is the essence of the term “profile” used in cognitive approach?
3. What is the function of the term “domain” in cognitive approach?
4. What is a constructional schema?
5. What is the difference between base and domain?
Chapter 26
Sentence typology in cognitive grammar: clause types and clause structure
1. What is the essence of the linguoculturological approach to the language analysis?
2. The problem of the unit in cognitive grammar?
3. The problem of the methods and procedures of analysis in cognitive grammar?
4. The problem of the categories in cognitive grammar?
5. Who introduced the term “cognitive grammar” to linguistics?
Chapter 27
Semantics of the constructions in
cognitive grammar
1. What is the essential principle of describing cognitive constructions?
2. What makes the constructions necessary to understand language phenomena?
3. Who introduced the term “construction” to linguistics?
4. What types of cognitive categories can you name as having parallels in traditional grammar?
5. What relations do we observe between cognitive and logical categories?