- •Assignment “The Subject of Theoretical Grammar. ”
- •Analyze the text. Tell what category does every word express and how do we know that?
- •Points for discussion
- •Assignment “The Noun”
- •Ex. 1 State morphological composition of the following nouns
- •Ex.3 State whether the underlined nouns denote countable or uncountable objects
- •Brother Genius
- •Penny staff
- •Cloth index
- •Ex 11. Replace the of-phrase
- •Assignment “The Verb”
- •Ex.1 Identifying tense and modal verbs
- •Ex.2 Identifying perfect and progressive aspect
- •Seminar: Actual division of the sentence. Communicative types of sentences.
- •Ex. 7 Classify each of the sentences below according to their structure.
- •Контрольные работы Методическая записка
- •Assignment 1 the classification of words
- •Recommended reading:
- •Additional tasks
- •Practical Tasks
- •Assignment 2 the category of case The problems for discussion
- •Recommended reading:
- •Additional task
- •Assignment 3 the verbids
- •Recommended reading:
- •Additional task
- •Practical tasks
- •Assignment 4
- •Recommended reading:
- •Additional tasks
- •Assignment V the category of aspect
- •Additional task
- •Practical tasks
- •Additional task
- •Assignment VII
- •Additional task
- •Assignment VIII composite sentence The problems for discussion
- •Recommended reading:
- •Иофик л.Л., Чахоян л.П., Поспелова а.Г. Хрестоматия по теоретической грамматике английского языка.- л.: Просвещение, 1981, с. 192-218.
- •Assignment IX syntax of the text
Assignment 4
THE CATEGORY OF TENSE
The problems for discussion
The expression of grammatical time.
The main temporal opposition.
Different interpretations of the combinations of the verbs shall and will with the infinitive.
The modal factors in the meaning of the English future tenses.
The category of the futurity option.
The construction conveying the idea of an immediate future action.
The neutralisation of the category of the prospective time.
Recommended reading:
Blokh M.Y. A Course in Theoretical English Grammar. - M: Vysshaya Shkola, 2000, Ch. XIV.
Ilyish B.A. The Structure of modern English. - L.: Prosveschenie, 1971, Ch IX.
Иванова Т.П., Бурлакова В.В., Почепцов Г.Г. Теоретическая грамматика современного английского языка. - М: Высш. Шк., 1981, С. 51-57.
Иофик Л.Л., Чахоян Л.П., Поспелова А.Г. Хрестоматия по теоретической грамматике английского языка. - Л.: Просвещение, 1981, С. 68-74.
Additional tasks
l.The problem of the moment of speech in modern Linguistics.
Recommended reading
Comrie B. Tense. - Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. press, 1985.
2. Deixis representation in the category of tense. Recommended reading
Klein W. Tenses as deictic categories// Essays on Deixis/ G. Rauh (ed.). - Tubingen: Narr, 1983. - P. 229-245.
3. The correlation between lexical and grammatical means of time rendering.
Recommended reading
Huddleston R.D. Some observations on tense and deixis in English// Language. Journal of the linguistic Society of America/ W.Bright. -Baltimore: Waverly Press Inc., 1969. - Vol. 45. - № 4. - P. 777-807.
Practical tasks
1 .Comment on the tenses and the starting point:
Back in 15 minutes (a notice on the office door).
You are now leaving the State of Alabama (the signpost on the highway).
When the sun is in the tropic of Cancer the longest day in the Northern hemisphere occurs.
He died this year.
2. Study these sentences and say which of the alternatives given is correct or more likely and explain its meaning.
1. The Taylors are going to / will cruise around the Mediterranean to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. 2. If you're sitting comfortably, then I'm going to/ I'll begin the story. 3. Don't forget to unplug the television before you will go/ go to bed. 4. The Scientists are predicting that the disease will affect/ is going to affect over half a million people over the next ten years. 5. You can borrow the car provided that you will bring/ bring it back before 9 o'clock. 6. Tomorrow the BBC television is devoting/ is gong to devote almost the entire day to the programmes first broadcasted in the 1950s. 7. Excuse me. I think I'm going to/ I will sneeze. 8. Kate really likes children, I'm sure she'll I she's going to be happy to baby-sit for us. 9. I'll bring the post to you in your office when it arrives/ will arrive. 10. The fog is clearing /will clear by mid-morning m most western parts of the country.