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Seminar №4 Practical assignment

1.Comment on the following terms:

morphology, syntax, morpheme, word, grammatical meaning, lexical meaning, root, affix, suffix, infix, flexion, derivation, inflection, word-form, explicit (positive) morpheme, implicit (zero) morpheme, notional word, formal (function word).

2. Do the morphemic analysis of the following words:

refreshments writers

readers largest

reproductiveness, oak-tree

contains children’s

3. Write down the words in groups according to the nature of the "s" morpheme and the meaning it conveys

takes

pants

phonetics

linguistics

books

fists

Alps

vitals

proceeds

civics

stops

humans

ashes

odds

tanks

blocks

spectacles

speaks

news

SEMINAR 4

Read on the problem of notional and formal words (B. Ilyish. The Structure of Modern English, p.p. 34-35.) and answer the following questions:

  1. On what principle do some grammarians divide the words into notional and formal?

  2. Which arguments are given to prove that this approach appears to be very shaky?

  3. What does the term “formal word” imply in the light of given arguments?

  4. What is the particular feature about particles and formal words?

  5. Which examples are given to show that some notional words can occasionally perform the function of formal words?

Content Module II

Seminar 5 Grammatical meaning and grammatical category

Objectives:

  • to assess students’ achievements in mastering the required theoretical material;

  • to enable students to form judgments of their own on the questions of diverse grammatical intricacies.

Questions for discussion:

  1. Grammatical meaning. Types and kinds of grammatical meaning.

  2. Grammatical category as opposition of two forms; factors influencing its realization.

  3. Oppositional reduction in grammar. Transposition of grammatical forms.

  4. The problem of correlation between morphological (grammatical) and objective (extralingual) categories.

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

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

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

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

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

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