- •Seminar 1 The Phrase. Noun phrases.
- •1. Theoretical Comment.
- •2. Practice.
- •2. Identify the types of phrases with regard to their grammatical organization:
- •3. Make a list of the noun-phrases used in the following passage and describe their structure:
- •4. Point out the phrases of “a jewel of a wife” type. How does the meaning of the components contribute to the overall semantics? Suggest ways of translation.
- •6. Comment on the use of “sort (kind) of Adj (V)” in the following:
- •7. Point out the head and the modifier in each of the following phrases; pick out the reversible ones.
- •8. Give noun-phrases related through nominalizing transformation to the following sentences:
- •9. Analyse the following patterns in which the nouns weaken their meaning of substance and approach adjectives. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •10. Define by means of transformational analysis the semantic relations between the components of the following noun-adjunct groups. Translate the sentences.
- •11. Comment on the relations between the components of the following noun adjunct groups. Translate them.
- •16. Translate the following:
- •17. Comment on the arrangement of the constituents in the following structures and define their meaning:
- •Literature:
- •Seminar 2 The Phrase. Subordinate Verb-phrases. Predicative Phrases.
- •1. Theoretical Comment.
- •2. Practice.
- •1. Analyse the verb phrases and the character of inner syntactic relations:
- •2. Give comments on the use of the verb-phrases with the cognate object:
- •3. Give comments on the adverbial use of nouns in the following patterns (point out the adverbial relations of comparison, time and different degree of quality):
- •4. Give comments on the structure of adjectival phrases in the following sentences:
- •5. Pick out nexus phrases in the following sentences and define their types.
- •6. Identify the syntactic relations:
- •7. Analyse the structures of predication in the following sentences. Pick out homonymic patterns. Translate the sentences.
- •Literature:
- •Seminar 3 The Simple Sentence. Structural and Communicative Approaches
- •1. Theoretical Comment.
- •2. Practice.
- •3. Pick out two-member elliptical sentences out of the underlined. Analyse their grammatical structure:
- •4. Analyse the following sentences. Pick out one-member nominal sentences and identify their modal meaning:
- •5. Comment on the grammatical organization and modal meanings of the infinitival sentences given below:
- •Literature:
- •Seminar 4 The Simple Sentence: Constituent Structure
- •1. Theoretical Comment.
- •2. Practice.
- •8. Differentiate between the compound verbal and compound nominal predicates. Single out instances of mixed types.
- •9. Comment on the types of attributes and ways of their expression.
- •10. Determine the types of objects and ways of their expression.
- •11. Identify semantic classes of the adverbial modifiers.
- •Literature:
- •Seminar 5 The Composite Sentence
- •1. Theoretical Comment.
- •2. Practice.
- •1. Analyze the type of connectors (if any) and the character of coordination between the clauses of the compound sentences.
- •2. Comment on the type of the sub-clause and the way of connection with the principal one.
- •3. Comment on the type of the sub-clause and the way of connection with the principal one.
- •4. Point out the type of subordination (parallel homogeneous/heterogeneous or consecutive) and the depth of subordination perspective.
- •5. Analyze the following multi-clause sentences. Schematize the connection of clauses.
- •1. Theoretical Comment.
- •2. Practice.
- •5. Form sentences with greater predicative load taking as the basis the following kernel sentences:
- •Literature:
- •Seminar 7 Semantic and Functional Sentence Perspective
- •1. Theoretical Comment.
- •2. Practice.
- •3 Identify the semantic role of the subject in the following sentences:
- •4. Comment on the actual division of the sentences and the means of its expression.
- •5. Comment on the means of expressing the rheme in these sentences:
- •6. Determine the pragmatic types of the sentences:
- •Literature:
8. Differentiate between the compound verbal and compound nominal predicates. Single out instances of mixed types.
1) He fell to poking the fire with his might. 2) I felt better pleased than ever. 3) As we continued to laugh his surprise gave way to annoyance. 4) He’s just the kind of man I want. 5) Ought he not to treat her generously? 6) “You are going to attend the college of Harvard?” they tell me. 7) Everything appeared very grand and imposing on me. 8) Jane must feel better pleased than ever. 9) He was beginning to look desperate. 10) You ought to stop doing that. 11) He has to be forced to begin to look more respectful. 12) He is alleged to have made a great fortune from advertizing. 13) He is known to be very punctual.
THE ATTRIBUTE
9. Comment on the types of attributes and ways of their expression.
1) He seemed a very silent, awkward lad. 2) I looked at her, and at none other, from that moment. 3) In that great London, what time had they to be sentimental? 4) I recognized him, the village painter and carpenter. 5) Her father’s nerves would never stand this. 6) To think that a man of his abilities would make such a horrible trick. 7) In the light of after events one cannot but sympathize with him. 8) She hated the idea of borrowing and living on credit. 9) The idea of his being barbarous had never occurred to his father. 10) They must have more opportunity to broaden their life.
THE OBJECT
10. Determine the types of objects and ways of their expression.
1) What have you got there? (Cronin) 2) She pretended not to hear (Mansfield) 3) Marcellus found the luggage packed and strapped for the journey. (Douglas) 4) I know all about it, my son. (Douglas) 5) I have to show Dr. French his room. (Shaw) 6) He found it impossible to utter the next word. (Kahler) 7) He's going to live his own life and stop letting his mother boss him around like a baby. (Kahler) 8) I found myself pitying the Baron. (Mansfield)
THE ADVERBIAL MODIFIER
11. Identify semantic classes of the adverbial modifiers.
1) He prospered greatly, almost as though against his will. 2) These men were in fact quite civil save during certain weeks of autumn and winter. 3) I dropped my fists and walked away, ‘Scout’s a coward’, ringing in my ears. 4) Skillfully managed, conversation with him might prove amusing. 5) The meal over, they went with Thomas to the fuel store. 6) Clearly, for all his reputation, he was already out of date. 7) Without faith there can be no cure. 8) He woke up to see that it was daylight.
Literature:
1. Грамматика английского языка: Морфология. Синтаксис: учебник / Н.А. Кобрина, Е.А. Корнеева, М.И. Оссовская, К.А. Гузеева. – СПб.: Союз, 2009. – C.318-392.
2. Blokh M.I. A Course of Theoretical English Grammar. – M., 1983. – P. 268-272.
3. Khaimovich B.S., Rogovskaya B.I. A Course in English Grammar. – M.: Vyssaja Skola, 1967. – P. 249-272.
Seminar 5 The Composite Sentence
1. Theoretical Comment.
Composite sentences as polypredicative constructions. A clause in a composite sentence; its correlation with a separate sentence. The compound sentence as a polypredicative construction built on the principle of coordination (parataxis). Paradigmatic presentation of the compound sentence; the leading clause and the sequential clause. The problem of the compound sentence as a separate syntactic unit; the semantico-syntactic differences between the compound sentence and the sequence of independent sentences in a text. Syndetic and asyndetic connections in compound sentences. The types of coordinative connectors.
The complex sentence as a polypredicative construction built on the principle of subordination (hypotaxis). The classification of complex sentences on the basis of subordinate clause types. Subordinating connectors: pronominal words and pure conjunctions. Parallel (homogeneous and heterogeneous) and consecutive subordination. The depth of subordination perspective.