- •Seminar 1
- •Seminar 3 The Noun. The Adjective. Topics for discussion:
- •Literature:
- •Fancy the joy of the child getting a toy like this. Much water has
- •Seminar 3 The Noun Topics for discussion:
- •Literature:
- •Fancy the joy of the child getting a toy like this. Much water has
- •Seminar 4
- •Practical tasks
- •Seminar 5
- •Literature:
- •Practical tasks
- •Fancy the joy of the child getting a toy like this. Much water has
- •3.State whether the temporal or modal meaning prevails in ‘shall’ and ‘will’:
- •6.Define the meaning of the verb-forms in the sentences:
- •8.Analyse the meaning of the verb “Should”
- •5. Draw the ic – model and the derivational tree for the following sentences:
- •Seminar 6
- •Practical assignment:
- •Seminar 7 Models of Sentence Analysis
- •Practical assignments:
- •5. Draw the ic – model and the derivational tree for the following sentences:
Seminar 1
Grammar in the systematic conception of language
Topics for discussion:
1. Language as a multilevel system.
2. Language and speech.
3. Grammar in the systematic conception of language:
historical development of linguistic knowledge;
modern linguistic research priorities.
4. Parts of Grammar. Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations of grammatical units.
5. Basic notions of Grammar. Opposition as a morphological model of analysis, types of oppositions.
6. Means of grammatical form-building (synthetic and analytical). Types of morphemes. Free word-combinations vs analytical forms.
Literature:
Ilyish B.I. Structure of Modern English. – L., 1974.- p. 5-9, 12-18.
Blokh R.Y. A Course in Theoretical English Grammar.- M., 2000. – p.6-17.
Crystal D. The Encyclopaedia of the English Language. –
Oxford univ. Press, 1995. -
Seminar 2
Lexico-Grammatical Classes of Words
1. Parts of speech. General criteria of classification.
2. The system of parts of speech in Modern English.
3. Notional and formal parts of speech.
4. The classifications of classes of words suggested by
H. Sweet, O. Jespersen, Ch. Fries.
5. The functional- paradigmatic approach to parts of speech.
Literature:
1. Ilyish I. V. The Structure of Modern English. -L., 1971.- P.27-35.
2. Blokh M.Y. A Course in Theoretical English Grammar.- M., 2000.- Pp. 37-48.
3. Блох M. Я. Теоретические основы грамматики. – М., 2000. – C.62 – 81
4. Бархударов Л.С. Очерки по морфологии современного английского языка. – М., 1975.- С. 49-57, 58- 64, 64-67(structural words)
5. L.L. Ioffik, L.P. Chakhoyan, A.G.Pospelova. Readings in the Theory of English Grammar.- L., 1981.- C.41- 51.
Practical assignments
1. Define the main features of the noun, the adjective, the verb, the adverb within the 3- criteria principle of dividing words into parts of speech.
2. Explain why the following words are treated as:
nouns: a relative, a walk, a spoonful, a round;
adjectives: long, happier, lovely, motionless;
verbs: to smile, to house.
Consider the syntactical properties of the underlined words. State to what part of speech they belong.
She was sitting at a table with two women friends of hers who
came often to the house. b) We can house you and your friends if the hotel is full.
a)‘Nobody is like us’, Catherine said. b) ‘I like your dress,’ remarked Mrs. Mckee. c) They are as like as two peas.
Define the main features of the functional parts of speech in English:
the article, the preposition, the conjunction, the particle, the
interjection, the modal words.
State which of the underlined words should be treated as a) functional or b) structural. Justify your point of view.
What do you call a novel which has no hero? Irene got up slowly and left the room. She came down with her hat on. But I’ve got some respect for human life, if you haven’t. He heard that the bank had failed which was a sad blow to him.