- •Lecture 4.
- •Contents:
- •Pronoun is a part of speech which serves to denote substances, qualities, quantities,
- •English and Ukrainian pronouns correlate with:
- •Personal
- ••Personal pronouns in both languages
- •Of peculiar nature is the English pronoun it which can be used:
- •Isormorphism:
- •Allormorphisms:
- •Possessive pronouns
- •Allomorphisms:
- •Reflexive pronouns
- •Allomorphisms:
- •Demonstrative pronouns
- ••English demonstrative pronouns this/that agree in number with the modified noun.
- •Interrogative pronouns
- ••Interrogative pronouns are used to form special questions.
- •Connective pronouns
- ••Connective pronouns coincide in form with interrogative but differ in function.
- ••Conjunctive pronouns introduce subject,
- ••Relative pronouns introduce relative or attributive clauses and, unlike conjunctive pronouns, they are
- •Reciprocal pronouns
- ••English reciprocal pronouns can take possessive case forms, cf. each other’s nerves, one
- •Negative pronouns
- ••English negative pronoun nobody admits possessive case (nobody’s).
- •English indefinite pronouns
- •Genuine indefinite pronouns
- •Generalizing pronouns
- •Allomorphisms:
- •Quantitative pronouns
- •Allomorphism:
- •Contrasting pronouns
- •Allomorphisms:
- •The English indefinite-personal pronoun ONE
- ••ONE always denotes some person; grammatically it
- •Stem structure of E. & U. pronouns
- •Morphological categories of E. & U. pronouns
•Relative pronouns introduce relative or attributive clauses and, unlike conjunctive pronouns, they are always correlated with
some antecedent in the principal clause, cf. There stood a handsome man who(m) she hadn’t met before.
Reciprocal pronouns
English |
Ukrainian |
each other, |
один одного – |
one another |
одна одну – |
|
одне одного – |
|
одні одних |
•English reciprocal pronouns can take possessive case forms, cf. each other’s nerves, one another’s tears.
•Ukrainian reciprocal pronouns admit number, gender and case with the exception of the nominative, cf. один одного – один одному – один одного – один одним
– (на) один одному.
•Sometimes, Ukrainian neuter gender form may be used for any gender and number, cf. Молодята поглядали одне на одного.
Negative pronouns
Pronouns proper
(no, nobody, nothing, neither – ніхто, ніщо)
Pro-adjectives
(no, neither – ніякий/нікотрий/ніякісінький, жоден, ні один, ніхто інший)
Pro-adverbs
(nowhere – ніде)
Pro-numerals
(none – ніскільки/ніскілечки/аніскілечки)
•English negative pronoun nobody admits possessive case (nobody’s).
•Ukrainian negative pro-adjectives distinguish gender, number and case; pro-nouns admit case inflexions.
•Some Ukrainian negative pronouns have
diminutive forms not typical for English (ніякісінький, ніскілечки/аніскілечки)
English indefinite pronouns
(В. S. Khaimovich & B. I. Rohovska )
Genuine indefinite pronouns
(some, any and their compounds)
Generalizing pronouns
(all, both, each, and their compounds)
Quantitative pronouns
(many, much, few, little)
Contrasting pronouns
(another, other, otherwise)
Genuine indefinite pronouns
English |
Ukrainian |
Some, any, somebody, |
Дехто, дещо, хтось, |
anybody/ anybody's, |
щось, хто-небудь, що- |
someone/someone's, |
небудь, який-небудь, |
something, anything |
будь-хто, будь-що, |
|
казна-хто, казна-що |
Generalizing pronouns
•Pronouns proper (all, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything – весь/вся/все/всі, обоє, обидва/обидві, будь-який/будь-яка/будь-яке/будь- які, кожний/кожна/кожне/кожні, всякий/всяка/ всяке/всякі, кожнісінький);
•Pro-adjectives (every, each, all, both, either –
всякий/всяка/всяке/всякі, кожний/кожна/кожне/кожні, обоє, обидва/обидві, будь-який/ будь-яка/ будь-яке/ будь-які);
•Pro-adverb (everywhere – будь-де).
Allomorphisms:
•Ukrainian generalizing pro-adjectives and some pronouns distinguish gender, number.
•Some Ukrainian generalizing pronouns
have diminutive forms not typical for English (кожнісінький).
Quantitative pronouns
•pronouns proper (many, much, (a) few, (a) little, several, enough – багато, чимало, немало, мало/небагато, кілька, достатньо);
•pro-adjectives (much, (a) little, enough – багато, чимало, немало, мало/небагато, мало/небагато);
•pro-numerals (many, several, (a)few);
•pro-adverbs (much, (a)little, enough – багато, чимало, немало, кілька, достатньо).