- •Lecture 5 topic: the adjective. The adverb. Points for discussion:
- •What does the Adjective denote as part of speech?
- •What may prove the semantically bound character of the adjective?
- •Is the adjective always dependent on the nouns?
- •Which grammatical categories can the adjective have in the English language?
- •Which syntactical functions can this part of speech have in a sentence
- •4.1.1. General characteristics of the adjective as a part of speech
- •4.1.2. Adjectival classifications: the main approaches to the problem.
- •Some points to clarify:
- •Where lies the fallacy of semantical classifications 2 and 3?
- •Where lies the fallacy of structural classifications?
- •What principals are the adjectival classifications based on?
- •4.2. The problem of the degree of comparison. The syntactical and analytical forms. The problems of the category.
- •The main forms of the degrees of comparison
- •Some points to clarify:
- •Do syntactical and analytical forms of the degrees of comparison correspond to each other?
- •How many degrees of comparison are distinguished?
- •Which principals are the models of comparison based on?
- •Some points to clarify:
- •5.3. Statives as grammatical notion. The problem of statives.
- •5.4. The main adjectival oppositions.
- •What does the Adverb denote as part of speech?
- •Is the adjective always dependent on the verbs?
- •Which grammatical categories can the adjective have in the English language?
- •Which syntactical functions can this part of speech have in a sentence
- •5.6.1. General characteristics of the adverb as a part of speech
- •5.6.2. Adverbial classifications: the main approaches to the problem
5.4. The main adjectival oppositions.
Grammatical oppositions based on the semantical criterion
LEVEL |
PRESENTATION |
STRONG MEMBER |
UPPER |
common adjectives –– statives |
common adjectives |
LOWER |
(common only) relative-qualitative |
Qualitative |
Grammatical oppositions based on the degree of comparison
TYPES OF OPPOSITION |
LEVELS |
DESCRIPTION |
STRONG MEMBER |
DEGREES
|
UPPER |
positive –– superiority degrees |
superiority degrees |
LOWER |
comparative-superlative degree |
superlative degree |
|
FORMS |
UPPER
|
syntactical- analytical forms |
analytical forms |
LOWER |
direct- reverse analytical forms
|
Direct |
|
FUNCTION
|
EVALUATIVE |
evaluative- specificative |
Evaluative |
SYNTACTICAL |
attributive -predicative |
Attributive |
5.6. The Adverb: general characteristics as a part of speech, adverbal classifications, the main approaches to the problem. The main principals of adverbial subdivisions. The Adverb and its functions in a sentence.
SOME POINTS TO CLARIFY:
What does the Adverb denote as part of speech?
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Is the adjective always dependent on the verbs?
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