Theory of Grammar. Учебное пособие
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EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
A COURSE IN THEORETICAL GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH
MORPHOLOGY
1.Grammar in the systemic conception of language. The constituent parts which form a language. Linguistic descriptions and their purposes. The aim of theoretical grammar of a language.
2.Language and speech. Syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations of language units. Grammatical paradigms.
3.Segmental and suprasegmental units of language. Six levels of segmental units of language. Two notions of grammatical description.
4.The segmental units: the morpheme and the word.
5.The distributional morpheme types in pairs of immediate correlation. The basis of the degree of self-dependence. The basis of formal presentation. The basis of segmental relation. The basis of linear characteristic.
6.Categorial structure of the word. The grammatical category. Paradigmatic correlations and grammatical oppositions. The binary privative opposition. The privative morphological opposition.
7.Oppositional reduction. Transposition. Synthetical and analytical opposition. Division of grammatical categories from the point of view of referent relation. Immanent and reflective categories. Grammatical change in terms of declension and conjugation.
8.Grammatical classes of words. The three-criteria principle of dividing the word into grammatical classes.
9.Noun. The category of Gender. The Russian category of gender and the English category of gender.
10.Noun. The category of Number. The absolute singular. The absolute plural. The Russian category of Number and the English category of Number.
11.Noun. The category of Case. Two-case system based on the particle expression of the genitive. The Russian category of Case and the English category of Case.
12.Noun. The category of Article Determination. Consideration of articles in the light of oppositional theory. The article paradigm. The status of the combination of the article with the noun.
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13.Verb. General. Verbs of full nominative value. Verbs of partial nominative value. Actional and statal verbs.
14.Verb. General. Limitive and unlimitive verbs. Obligatory and optional Valency. Verbal Transitivity.
15.Non-finite verbs. Four forms of English verbids. Category of finitude in English and in Russian.
16.Finite verb. The category of Person and Number. The difference of these categories in English and in Russian.
17.Finite verb. The category of Tense. The two categories of time in Modern English. The difference between English and Russian tenses.
18.Finite verb. The category of Aspect. The aspective category of development. The category of retrospective coordination. The difference of these categories in English and in Russian.
19.Finite verb. The category of Voice. The difference of the category of voice from all the other verb categories. The difference of these categories in English and in Russian.
20.Finite verb. The category of Mood. Present Subjunctive. Past Subjunctive. The difference of these categories in English and in Russian.
SYNTAX
1.Syntagmatic connections of words. The way of syntagmatic groupings. Bilateral constructions. Monolateral domination.
2.Sentence. The centre of predication in a sentence. The two-aspective character of the sentence.
3.Actual division of the sentence. The distinction between the theme and the rheme. Translation problems.
4.Communicative types of sentences. Three pairs of variant communicative types of sentences. Translation problems.
5.The Declarative sentences. The Imperative sentence. Translation problems.
6.The Interrogative sentence. Pronominal and non-pronominal questions. Translation problems.
7.Simple sentence. The predicative line of the sentence. The scheme of the traditional English sentence.
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8.IC – model. Analytical IC-diagram. IC-derivation tree. Obligatory and optional relations. Expanded and unexpanded sentences.
9.Subject-group and predicate group. One-axis and two-axis sentences.
10.The semantic classification of simple sentences.
11.Simple sentence. Paradigmatic structure. The derivation of genuine sentences out of kernel sentences.
12.Simple sentence. Paradigmatic structure. Clausalization and phrasalization. The predicative load.
13.Composite sentence as a polypredicative construction. Hypotaxis and parataxis.
14.Composite sentence. Syndetic and asyndetic means of combining clauses. Continuative and parenthetical cumulation. Translation problems.
15.Complex sentence. Principles of classification of subordinate clauses. Clauses of primary positions. Clauses of secondary positions. Clauses of adverbial positions. Translation problems.
16.Complex sentence. Monolythic and segregative sentence structures. Parallel and consecutive sentences.
17.Compound sentence. Marked coordinative connection. Unmarked coordinative connection.
18.Semi-complex sentence. Semi-complex sentences of subject sharing, object sharing, adverbial sharing.
19.Semi-compound sentence. The conjunction and.
20.Sentence in the text. Text as semantic (topical) unity. Text as semanti- co-syntactic cohesion. Translation problems.
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REFERENCES
1.Capua De, Andrea, Grammar for Teachers: A Guide to American English for Native and Non-Native Speakers. − NY: College of New Rochelle, 2008. – 461 pp.
2.Блох, М. Я. Практикум по теоретической грамматике английского языка [Текст] / М. Я. Блох, Т. Н. Семенова, С. В. Тимофеева. – Москва: Высшая школа, 2004. – 471 с.
3.Данилова, И. И. Теоретическая грамматика английского языка для переводчиков [Электронный ресурс]: учебно-методическое пособие для самостоятельной работы к курсу "Теоретическая грамматика английского языка" / ТРТУ, ЕГФ, каф. ин. яз; сост. И. И. Данилова; под ред. И. А. Цатуровой. – Таганрог: Изд-во ТРТУ, 2005. – 169 с.
4.Каушанская, В. Л. Сборник упражнений по грамматике английского языка [Текст]: пособие для студентов педагогических институтов и университетов / В. Л. Каушанская, Р. Л. Ковнер, О. Н. Кожевникова, С. Е. Свирская, З. М. Райнерс, Ф. Я. Цырлина. – Москва: Высшая шко-
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5.Мельник, О. Г. Practical assignments [Текст]: учебно-методическое пособие для семинаров по теоретической грамматике английского языка. О. Г. Мельник. − Таганрог: Изд-во ТТИ ЮФУ, 2011. − 100 с.
6.Полтавцева, Е. А. Упражнения по грамматике английского языка на карточках [Текст] / Е. А. Полтавцева. – Москва: Международные от-
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7.Ривлина, А. А. Теоретическая грамматика английского языка [Текст]: учебно-методическое пособие. А. А. Ривлина. − Благовещенск: Изд-
во БГПУ, 2009. – 118 с.
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СОДЕРЖАНИЕ
ВВЕДЕНИЕ …………………………………………………………….. |
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PART 1. THE SYSTEMIC CONCEPTION OF LANGUAGE ……… |
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1.1. Grammar in the Systemic Conception of Language ……………… |
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1.2. Morphemic Structure of Words …………………………………... |
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1.3. Categorial Structure of the Words ………………………………... |
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1.4. Grammatical Classes of Words ………………………………........ |
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PART 2. NOUN ……………………………………………………......... |
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2.1.Noun General ……………………………………………………... 22
2.2.Noun Gender …………………………………………………........ 27
2.3.Noun Number ……………………………………………………... 30
2.4.Noun Case ……………………………………………………........ 32
2.5. Noun Article Determination …………………………………........ 36
PART 3. VERB ………………………………………………………….. 41
3.1.Verb General …………………………………………………........ 41
3.2.Person and Number ……………………………………………….. 44
3.3.Verb Tense ………………………………………………………... 47
3.4.Verb Aspect ………………………………………………………. 51
3.5.Verb Voice ………………………………………………………... 56
3.6.Verb Mood ………………………………………………………... 59
3.7.Non-Finite Verbs (Verbids) ………………………………………. 65
PART 4. ADJECTIVE ADVERB ……………………………………… 72
4.1.Adjective ………………………………………………………….. 72
4.2.Adverb …………………………………………………………….. 77
PART 5. SIMPLE SENTENCE ………………………………………… |
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5.1. Syntagmatic Connections of Words ………………………………. |
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5.2. Actual Division of the Sentence ………………………………….. |
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5.3. Simple Sentence. Constituent Structure …………………………... |
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5.4. Simple Sentence. Peredigmatic Structure ………………………… |
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PART 6. COMPOSITE SENTENCE …………………………………... |
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6.1. Composite as a Polypredicative Construction ……………………. |
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6.2. Compound Sentence ……………………………………………… 94
6.3.Complex Sentence ………………………………………………... 95
6.4.Semi-Composite Sentence ………………………………………... 100
6.5.Sentence in the Text ………………………………………………. 102
ЗАКЛЮЧЕНИЕ ………………………………………………………… 106
СПИСОК ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ …………………………………………….. 107
ПРИМЕРНЫЙ ПЕРЕЧЕНЬ ТЕМ ДОКЛАДОВ ……………………. 110 EXAMINATION QUESTIONS ………………………………………... 111 REFERENCES ………………………………………………………….. 114
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Учебное издание
ДАНИЛОВА Ирина Игоревна МЕЛЬНИК Ольга Геннадьевна
THEORY OF GRAMMAR
Учебное пособие
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