Recommended literature:

1. M.Y. Blokh. A Course in Theoretical Grammar. - M.: Высшая школа -2003. – 423 p.

2. M.Y. Blokh., T.N.Semionova, S.V. Timofeyeva. Theoretical English Grammar. Seminars. - M.: Высшая школа -2003. – 471 p.

3. Alexeyeva Iryna. Theoretical Grammar Course of Modern English. – Vinnytsya: Nova Knyha. – 2007. – 328 p.

4. E.J.Morokhovskaya Fundamentals of Theoretical English Grammar. - K.: Вища школа. - 1984. – 246 p.

5. B. Ilyish The Structure of Modern English. – Л.: Просвещение. - 1971. – 214 р.

6. N.M.Rayevska Modern English Grammar. - K.: Вища школа. - 1976. p.6-8, 37-42.

7. Khaimovich B.S., Rogovskaya B.I. The Structure of Modern English. М.

1. 1967. p.6-10

8. Языкознание. Большой энциклопедический словарь / Гл.ред. В.Н.Ярцева. – 2-е изд. - М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2000. – 688с: ил.

9. Traugott E.C., Pratt M.L. Linguistics. – Oxford University Press. – Oxford, 2002. - 58 p.

10. L.L. Iofik, L. P. Chakhoyan. Readings in the Theory of English Grammar.p.p. 43-67.

11. O.M.Starikova, N.P.Alova. Seminars in Theoretical Grammar. p.52-54.

12. A. Veikhman. A New Look at English Syntax. P.p. 181-220.

13. Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad, Geoffrey Leech. Student grammar of Spoken and Written English. – Longman. – 2003. – 487 р.

Practical assignments

(SEMINAR. Syntax. Word-group)

Exercise 1. Comment on the following terms:

syntax, syntactic unit, syntactic relations, syntactic connections, syntactic function, syntactic position, syntactic construction (complex), word combination, phrase, hypotactics (subordination), paratactics (coordination), predi­cation, noun phrase, verb phrase, pronominal phrase, head, adjunct, headed phrases, non-headed phrases, syndetic phrases, extended phrases, asyndetic phrases, prepositional phrases.

Exercise 2. Comment on the table of syntagmatic relations. Supply examples for the following notions.

Relations		Connections
types	kinds	forms	means
SR 1 paratactics (independence)	symmetric asymmetric homogeneous elements	copulative disjunctive adversative causative-con­secutive	syndetic asyndetic
SR 2 hypotectics (dependence)	adverbial objective attributive	agreement government adjoinment enclosure	prepositions word-order
SR 3 predication (interdepen­dence)	primary secondary	subject-predicate agreement	inflexions word-order

Exercise 3. Define relations and syntactic connections within the following word-groups:

a blue pond; to open the door; to write and to read; the voice of the teacher; loud but pleasant; to go quickly; to ask him; ladies and gentlemen; very interesting; these plates; she asked; for him to go; students, teachers.

Exercise 4. Pick up the subordinate word-groups from the following sentences. Characterize them according to the morphological expression of their head element.

1. The light in the room was beginning to have a very odd quality (O’Connor). 2. A full chair choir intoned responses to players with reassuring volume (Hailey). 3. This rather dirty, smug, but oddly compelling photographer had the ability to make her feel about six inches high(Durbridge). 4. Perfoid stood looking at her through the hage of cigarette smoke (Durbridge). 5. He had a large red face, a stiff brush of grey hair and the good eyes, blue and clear, focused sharply on Asbury (O’Connor).

Exercise 5. Supply the following patterns with the examples of nominal phrases. Comment on the positions of nominal adjuncts before and after the N-head:

d – A – N₁ - N_head V_ing - N_head

d – N₁ – N₂ - N_head V_ed - N_head

d – N_head – prep. – d - N

d – N’s - N_head

Exercise 6. Classify the following verb phrases according to the nature of the adjunct. Take into consideration the valency of the verb:

to have a friend; to come at five o’clock; to treat him well; to call John; to cry aloud; to be tired; to answer my letter; to receive a letter; to speak fluently; to look beautiful; to understand everything; to show a picture to the baby.

Exercise 7. Write out the subordinate word-groups. Give their structural patterns. Define the grades of subordination.

1. And yet the News Chronicle is one of the big-circulation British newspapers. 2. The trees in the Battersea Gardens across the river had a faded look of the summer end (Mansfield). 3. Next morning, comfortably seated on the verandah of the hotel, with his legs up, Dr. Sanders was reading a book (Maugham). 4. He knew every stop, every junction, every swamp along the way (O’ Connor). 5. He was too much of the individual to care about the house (Faulkner). 6. Barbara Barstow was a woman of about fifty, tall, well-built and forceful. Her voice was loud, heartly and masculine (Dubridge).

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