- •Seminars in theoretical grammar
- •I. Analyze the sentences and comment on the interaction between the grammatical and lexical levels of language.
- •II. Disambiguate the meaning of the sentences by reading them in two different ways and comment on the interaction between the prosodic and syntactic levels of the language.
- •III. Analyze the sentences and point out the peculiarities of the grammatical structure of English manifested in them.
- •Seminars in theoretical grammar semester VIII
- •I. Do the morphemic analysis of the following words on the lines of the traditional and distributional classifications:
- •II. Define the type of the morphemic distribution according to which the following words are grouped:
- •III. Analyze the sentences and comment on the interaction between the lexical and grammatical meanings.
- •V. Point out cases of neutralization and transposition:
- •VI. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian and point out the cases of cross-linguistic asymmetry in the parts of speech.
- •Seminars in theoretical grammar
- •II. Analyze the use of number in nouns in the following sentences and decide whether count/mass division is a distinction between words or ways of using words:
- •III. Define the syntagmatic meanings of the possessive case in the sentences:
- •IV. Comment on the oppositional reduction of the categorial nounal forms: a) the category of number
- •Seminars in theoretical grammar
- •I. State the function of the underlined verbs:
- •II. Comment on the use of tense forms, point out cases of neutralization and transposition.
- •III. Analyze the meanings of aspect and time correlation forms, point out cases of neutralization and transposition.
- •IV. State the form of the mood and its meaning in the following sentences:
- •V. Analyze the sentences and differentiate between the grammatical homonyms - the forms of the Passive voice and the compound nominal predicate.
- •VI. Analyze the sentences and point out the factors that necessitated the use of the passive voice.
- •Seminars in theoretical grammar semester VIII
- •Define the properties of word-groupings on the lines of different classifications.
- •Seminars in theoretical grammar semester VIII
- •The sentence as the main unit of syntax.
- •Constructive analysis of the sentence.
- •Structural analysis of the sentence.
- •I. State the structural type of the sentences.
- •II. Which of the following composite sentences are compound and which are complex? Why? How many clauses does each sentence consist of? What kind of syntactic relation is there between the clauses?
- •III. Define the relations between the clauses of the compound sentences:
- •Seminars in theoretical grammar semester VIII
- •Constituent analysis of the sentence.
- •Actual division and communicative sentence types.
- •Semantic analysis of the sentence.
- •The pragmatic aspect of the he sentence.
- •I. Define the type of the constituents of the following sentences.
- •II. Dwell upon the actual division of the sentences and the language means used to mark it.
- •III. Identify the semantic roles of the arguments in the sentences below.
- •IV. Define the communicative sentence type and the speech-act features of these sentences.
I. Do the morphemic analysis of the following words on the lines of the traditional and distributional classifications:
MODEL: Do the morphemic analysis of the word "inseparable".
On the lines of the traditional classification the word "inseparable" is treated as a three-morpheme word consisting of the root "-separ-", the prefix "in-" and the lexical suffix "-able".
On the lines of the distributional analysis the root "-separ-" is a bound, overt, continuous, additive morpheme, the prefix "in-" is bound, overt, continuous, additive; the suffix "-able" is bound, overt, continuous, additive.
unmistakably, children's (books), disfigured, underspecified, surroundings, oxen,
students' (papers), gooseberry, inconceivable, prefigurations, southernism, semidarkness.
II. Define the type of the morphemic distribution according to which the following words are grouped:
lice - houses;
ineffable - immortal;
transfusible - transfusable;
non-flammable - inflammable.
III. Analyze the sentences and comment on the interaction between the lexical and grammatical meanings.
1. He will arrive tomorrow at 5 p.m.
2. She is watching TV. She is constantly watching TV.
IV. Analyze the oppositions and say what grammatical categories they constitute: has::has had; will have:: will be having; is done:: has been done; will have:: will be had; is writing:: was writing:: will be writing; goose::geese; men::men's; he:: him.
V. Point out cases of neutralization and transposition:
1. As I smoked a pipe before going to bed I turned over in my mind the possible reasons for which Roy might want to lunch with me (S. Maugham).
2. Ronnie changes some money, then she waits while a tired uniformed woman pokes through her purse and bags (M. Atwood).
3. That fellow was always coming to their place! (J. Galsworthy).
4. Well before he arrived he knew he had not wasted the journey (J. Fowles).
5. The men joshed and joked as ever while Big Billie munched his way through the pile of door step sandwiches his wife had prepared for him (F. Forsyth).
VI. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian and point out the cases of cross-linguistic asymmetry in the parts of speech.
1. Why are you reluctant to reveal the sources? (J. Fowles).
2. He suspected that the girls were after something exploiting the old man's weaknesses (J. Fowles).
3. Since then I bank no more (S. Leacock).
4. She was silent, torn-apart silent (R.J. Waller).
5. Afterward he took her to a fancy restaurant for lunch (R.J. Waller).
6. I gravely doubt that the boss did any sleeping for two weeks. That is bed sleeping (R.P.Warren).
7. He gave her a rueful nod. "I suspect I am being a bloody nuisance. For you. (J. Fowles).
8. There was only one showing of the lion's claws (J.Fowles).
9. The initial employee was back (V. Nabokov).
10. Cohn wanted some changes. If I agreed, the film would be doable, he said (A. Miller).
11. After Uncle Mose had gone, Miss Lydia had a good cry (O. Henry)
12. At 2 o'clock he was taking his usual afternoon nap on the veranda.
13. In Germany vacation time is transferable.
14. He was reluctant to go home.
15. If you blend all American workers together, we average around two weeks.
16. She gave him a surreptitious look behind the old man's back.
17. He suspected that the girls were after something, exploiting the old man's weaknesses.
18. That night he did all the talking.