- •Seminar 1 syntax as part of grammar Topics for Discussion
- •Literature
- •Practical Tasks
- •Seminar 2
- •Practical Tasks
- •Seminar 3 syntax of the simple sentence: traditional view Topics for Discussion
- •Topics for Reports
- •Literature
- •Practical Tasks
- •Syntax of the simple sentence: alternative approaches Topics for Discussion
- •Literature
- •Practical tasks
- •Seminar 5
- •Seminar 6
- •Practical tasks
- •I. State the type of clause connection and identify the semantic relation between clauses in the following compound sentences:
- •Seminar 7 syntax of the complex sentence Topics for Discussion
- •Topics for Reports
- •Literature
- •Practical tasks
- •Seminar 8
- •Practical tasks
- •Seminar 9
- •Practical tasks
- •Seminar 10
- •Practical tasks
- •The ditransitive construction
- •The caused-motion construction
- •Seminar 11
- •Practical tasks
- •I. State the type of inter-sentence relation. Identify the means of sentence
- •Revision Test yourself:
- •Topics for reports and course projects:
- •Examination questions:
Topics for reports and course projects:
1. Semantics of the transitive constructions in Modern English. (Семантика переходных конструкций в современном английском языке.)
2. Semantics of the ditransitive constructions in Modern English. (Семантика двухобъектных конструкций в современном английском языке.)
3. Polysemy of the conjunctions “and” and “but” in Modern English. (Семантическая вариативность союзов “and” и “but” в современном английском языке.)
4. Semantics and structure of the resultative constructions in Modern English. (Семантический и структурный аспекты результативных конструкций в современном английском языке.)
5. The concept “Motion” and syntactic means of its representation in Modern English.(Концепт «Движение» и его репрезентация синтаксическими конструкциями в современном английском языке.)
6. “Cause-result” (“sequential”) cross-event relation as represented in syntax: linguistic means of its expression.(Языковые средства выражения причинно-следственных отношений в английском предложении.)
7. Event integration in syntax: linguistic means of its expression in the simple sentence
in Modern English.(Языковая репрезентация событийных комплексов (событий, получающих многомерное осмысление) на уровне простого предложения-высказывания в современном английском языке.)
Examination questions:
1. Syntax as part of grammar. The main units of syntax.
2. Traditional and cognitive understanding of syntax.
3. The basic principles and arguments of the cognitive linguistics as applied to
syntax.
4. Syntagmatic and paradigmatic patterning. Types of syntactic patterns.
5. The phrase theory. Classifications of phrases in Modern English.
6. Cognitive aspects of the phrase. Types of syntagmatic relations.
7. The sentence as a predicative unit of language, its characteristic features.
8. The structure of the simple sentence and different methods of its analysis.
9. The simple sentence structure analysis in the light of cognitive approach.
10. Paradigmatics of the simple sentence.
11. The actual division of the sentence and linguistic means of its expression.
12. Classification of sentences according to the purpose of communication.
13. The composite sentence as a polypredicative construction. Types of clause-
connections in the composite sentence.
14. The complex sentence as a linguistic unit. Classifications of complex
sentences in Modern English.
15. The problem of the compound sentence as a polypredicative unit.
16. The structure and types of the semi-composite sentence.
17. The principle of Figure-Ground Segregation in structural and semantic
organization of the sentence.
18. The problem of sentence classification within the cognitive approach.
19. The problem of the semantic study of syntactic constructions. Concepts
represented by syntactic constructions.
20. The inter-sentence connections in the text.
21. The textual linguistics.