- •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 V the category of aspect
The problems for discussion
The aspective meaning of the verb.
The aspective category of development and the opposition it is constituted by.
The possible reductions of the opposition.
The verbid representation of the category of development.
Do-forms interpretation.
The category of retrospective coordination.
Different views on the essence of the perfect forms in Modern English.
The verbid representation of the category of retrospective coordination.
Recommended reading:
1. Blokh M.Y. A Course in Theoretical English Grammar.- M: Vysshaya Shkola, 2000, Ch. XV.
2. Ilyish B.A. The Structure of modern English. - L.: Prosveschenie, 1971, Ch. VIII, X.
3. Иванова Т.П., Бурлакова B.B., Почепцов Г.Г. Теоретическая грамматика современного английского языка. - М: Высш. Шк. , 1981, С. 57-65.
4. Иофик Л.Л., Чахоян Л.П., Поспелова А.Г. Хрестоматия по теоретической грамматике английского языка.- Л.: Просвещение, 1981, С. 74-76.
Additional task
1. Модель темпоральной референции Г.Райхенбаха. Recommended reading:
Райхенбах Г. Философия пространства и времени. - М.: Прогресс, 1985.-344
Practical tasks
G.O.Curme gives the following classes of aspect according to the way they represent the action:
1. Durative (continuing), 2. Point-action a) ingressive (initial stage),
b) effective (final point), 3. Terminate (indicates an action as a whole).
Record the following verbs in groups, their aspective character being taken into account. Comment on the use of Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous forms.
to enjoy |
to admit |
to fall |
to love |
to blame |
to pass |
to lie |
to talk |
to enter |
to argue |
to sit |
to laugh |
to spring up |
to open |
to attack |
to feel |
to go |
to bring |
to throw |
to sleep |
to jump off |
to mean |
to escape |
to exist to work |
Assignment VI
THE CATEGORY OF MOOD
The problems for discussion
What does the category of mood express?
The formal description of the spective mood.
The constructions rendering the same semantics.
The structural and functional basis of Subjunctive II.
The subjunctive presenting the past posterior.
The main drawbacks of the description of the category of mood in the existing manuals.
Recommended reading:
Blokh M.Y. A Course in Theoretical English Grammar. - M: Vysshaya Shkola, 2000, Ch. XIII.
Ilyish B.A. The Structure of modern English. - L.: Prosveschenie, 1971.Ch.XI.
Иванова Т.П., Бурлакова B.B., Почепцов Г.Г. Теоретическая грамматика современного английского языка. - М: Высш. Шк. , 1981, С. 68-74.
Иофик Л.Л., Чахоян Л.П., Поспелова А.Г. Хрестоматия по теоретической грамматике английского языка.- Л.: Просвещение, 1981, С. 82-87.