3. Classify the following words into groups on the basis of their

a) general lexico-grammatical meaning;

b) implicit grammatical meaning;

c) categorical grammatical meaning.

Love, money, writer, snow, brave, come, lamp, old, asked, second, customs, takes, kept, glasses, looks, sheep, louse, lice, answered, first, puts, men, police, water, parts, writers’.

Content Module II

Seminar 7 Grammatical Nature of English Noun

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. English Noun, general characteristics of a noun as a part of speech. Classification of nouns.

2. Realization of noun categories.

2.1. Category of Number.

2.2. Case category. Different case theories of English noun.

2.3. Category of Gender. Views on the category of Gender in the theory of grammar.

2.4. Category of Article Determination.

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.

Seminar №7 Practical assignment

1. Comment on the following terms:

noun, substance, pluralia tantum, singularia tantum, collective nouns, case category, common case, inflected cases, analytical cases,grammatical plural, implied plural, plural of approximation, concrete noun, abstract noun.

2. Identify meanings rendered by the following geni­tives. Use transformations to elucidate these meanings.

Model: N's + N₁ — N₁ + of + N₂: John's book --- the book

of John - possessive genitive;

N's + N₁ — N₁ + V_en+ by + N₂ : Pushkin's book— a book written by Push­kin - authorship genitive;

N's + N₁--- N + V : John's arrival--- John arrived - subjective genitive.

children's demand his brother's friend

children's education his brother's business

children’s toys his brother's house

children's language his brother's arrest

children's nursery his brother's group

children's diet his brother's article