Theory of english grammar
Morphology and syntax as parts of grammar. Units of grammar, their functions and types of relations between them in language and speech.
Grammatical meaning and grammatical form. Means of form-building. Synthetic and analytical forms.
Structure of words. Grammatically relevant types of morphemes.
Grammatical categories. Method of opposition (A.I.Smirnitsky).
Parts of speech as lexico-grammatical classes of words. 3 principles of classifying words into parts of speech.
Morphological and syntactico-distributional classifications of words into parts of speech (H.Sweet, O.Jespersen, Ch.Fries).
Notional and functional classes of words.
The category of number of the English noun.
The category of case of the English noun.
The category of article determination.
Adjective. The category of degrees of comparison.
The category of tense.
The category of order.
The category of aspect.
The category of voice.
The category of mood.
The dual nature of non-finite forms of the verb. Morphological categories of verbals.
Finite and non-finite forms of the verb. The category of representation.
Phrase. Principles of classification (H.Sweet, O.Jespersen, L. Bloomfield).
Classification of phrases according to the types of syntactic relations between the constituents.
Predicativity. Predication. Constructions with secondary predication.
Syntactic structure of the clause (simple sentence). The model of the members of the sentence.
Structural models of sentence analysis. Distributional model and types of distribution. IC-model.
Transformational model of sentence analysis. Types of transformations.
Semantic structure of the sentence.
Communicative structure of the sentence.
Functions of word order in English and types of inversion.
Principles of classification of simple sentences.
Compound sentence. Logico-semantic relations between clauses.
Complex sentence. Structural and functional classifications.
English Lexicology
Lexicology as a branch of linguistics. Lexical units.
General characteristics of the English lexicon.
Etymological survey of the English lexicon.
Types of word meaning. Word meaning and motivation.
Change of meaning in English.
Polysemy in English.
Homonymy in English. Polysemy vs homonymy.
Semantic and non-semantic classifications of English words.
Stylistic classification of the English lexicon.
Word-structure. Morphemic analysis of English words.
Derivational analysis of English words.
Affixation in English.
Conversion in English.
Compounding in English.
Abbreviation. Minor ways of word creation.
Phraseological units in English.
Regional varieties of the English language. American English vs British English: lexical / phraseological differences.
Ways of enriching and expanding the English lexicon.
British and American lexicography. Main types of English dictionaries.
Some basic problems of dictionary compiling.
Lexicological analysis:
1) Analyse the semantic structure of the word: father (n)
2) Trace the etymology of the word and comment on the semantic processes that were at work in the word: boycott (n)
3) Subject the words to the two-level analysis and state the morphemic and derivational types of these words: irrational, stagflation, handicraft
4) Classify the phraseological unit: Birds of a feather flock together
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Lexicological analysis:
1) Analyse the semantic structure of the word: tree (n)
2) Trace the etymology of the word and comment on the semantic processes that were at work in the word: knight (n)
3) Subject the words to the two-level analysis and state the morphemic and derivational types of these words: bigamy, brunch, dressmaker
4) Classify the phraseological unit: tit for tat
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Lexicological analysis:
1) Analyse the semantic structure of the word: nose (n)
2) Trace the etymology of the word and comment on the semantic processes that were at work in the word: starve (v)
3) Subject the words to the two-level analysis and state the morphemic and derivational types of these words: inexhaustible, blacklist (v), smog
4) Classify the phraseological unit: to walk on air
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Lexicological analysis:
1) Analyse the semantic structure of the word: cup (n)
2) Trace the etymology of the word and comment on the semantic processes that were at work in the word: season (n)
3) Subject the words to the two-level analysis and state the morphemic and derivational types of these words: uncomfortable, rubdown (n), dog-tired
4) Classify the phraseological unit: the lion’s share