PLANS OF SEMINARS IN CONTRASTIVE GRAMMAR

Seminar 1

The Subject Matter of Contrastive Grammar

Points for Discussion

1. Isomorphic and allomorphic features

2. Linguistic sign. The content and expression sides of linguistic units.

3. Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations in grammar.

4. Types of paradigms in Grammar. Means of expressing morphological relations.

Exercises:

Ex.1. Divide the following examples between syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations. Write the numbers in the table.

1. I write, you write, he writes, we write… .

2. Postpositive attributive modifier (the girl, smiling at me)

3. Functional relations d +noun (the book, his book)

4. Antonyms : bad-good, hopeful-hopeless

5. Synonyms: pretty, attractive, beautiful.

6. Types of expressing future actions: Present Simple, Future Simple, Present Continuous

7. Conjunctive word-groups: think and answer

8. Sentential sequences

9. hope+ful+ly

10. She knows this news

Does she know this news?

She does not know this news.

11. boy, boys, boy’s, boys’

12. Anaphoric and cataphoric relations.

13. M sent + sentence

probably

of course

in fact

14. Clausal constructions: I went to see her because I had promised.

syntagmatic	paradigmatic

Required Reading

1. Morokhovskaya E.J. Fundamentals of Theoretical English Grammar. – Kiev, ‘Vysca Skola’, 1984.

2. Корунець І.В. Порівняльна типологія англійської та української мов. – Вінниця, 2003.

3. Lecture materials.

Seminar 2

Lexical and Grammatical Properties of the Word

Points for Discussion

1. The Word as a linguistic unit. The morphemic structure of the Word.

2. Principles of lexico-grammatical classification of word-classes. Different approaches to the classification of parts of speech.

3. Semantic, formal and functional properties of parts of speech.

Exercises:

Ex.1. Analyze the following words morphologically and classify them according up to what part of speech they belong to:

ailment, superman, air, beggarly, calculable, disturbance, eternity, expressionless, eyelet, fair-minded, fruitfulness, governmental, indomitable, inflammability, judicious, intake, morphologically, memorize, nourishment, overpowering, reconciliation, renowned, runner, speechless, workmanship, high-priced, theatre-goer.

Find in the list of words given above cases of free and bound morphemes. Motivate your answer.

Ex. 2. Make distinction between derivational and functional affixes.

1. Translated, finished, reduced, collected, pushed.

2. Talented, gifted, bearded, black-hearted.

3. Tables, sisters, books, girls, pencils.

4. Colors, developments, draughts, powers, glasses.

Required Reading

1. Иванова И., Бурлакова В., Почепцов Г. Теоретическая граммматика современного английского языка. – М.: Высшая школа, 1981.

2. Корунець І.В. Порівняльна типологія англійської та української мов. – Вінниця, 2003.

3. Blokh M. A Course in Theoretical English Grammar. – M.: Высшая школа, 1983.

4. Khlebnikova I. Essentials of English Morphology. – М.: Высшая школа, 2004.

5. Morokhovskaya E.J. Fundamentals of Theoretical English Grammar. – Kiev, ‘Vysca Skola’, 1984.

6. Lecture materials.