Fancy the joy of the child getting a toy like this. Much water has

 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.

a) 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.

4. 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.

Seminar 3

The Noun. The Adjective.

Topics for discussion:

1. The category of number. Count, uncount nouns.

Discreteness / non-discreteness as the general meaning of the

category.

(Blokh          , Ilyish, 39 – 44)

2. The category of case. Case in nouns and pronouns. Тhe grounds for uniting these systems of cases.

(Ilyish 44-50, 72-74, Бархударов 84-92, Blokh    )

3. Peculiarities of the ‘s-inflection. The theory denying the existence of the category of case in English.

(Ilyish 49-50, Бархударов 93-96)

4. The category of article determination.

(Blokh          , Ilyish        )

5. The category of degrees of comparison. The problem of the number of categorical forms. The problem of analytical forms of degrees of comparison. Lexicatization of comparative and superlative degrees.

(Ilyish 58-63, Blokh    )

6. Substantivation of adjectives. Types of substantivation. Adjectivization of nouns. (“stone wall” constructions). Different treatment of the 1-st component of the construction.

(Ilyish 63-65, Blokh    , Arnold      )

7. The problem of adlinks (statives).

(Blokh

Literature:

 1.Blokh R.Y. A Course in Theoretical English Grammar . –

                  M., 2000.- pp. 55-83, 197-214

 2.Ilyish B.Y. Structure of Modern English. – L., 1974.-

         pp. 55-83, 197-214

 3.Arnold I.V. The English Word. – M., 1986.- pp.118-120, 161-162

 4. Бархударов Очерки по морфологии английского языка. –

          М., 19 .- С.84-96

Practical tasks:

1. State the subclasses of the following nouns, comment on the meaning of number:

a table, a man, sugar, music, a family, spectacles, police, wines.

2. Define the relations expressed by nouns in the Genitive case and the type of the Genitive case used.

· Mrs. Forester was a very nice woman. Her voice was a woman’s

voice. The letter dropped from Mr. Johnson’s hand. It was a two-hour’s trip. W. Shakespeare’s sonnets are masterpieces of poetry. The butcher’s was next. Judy’s smile wasn’t inviting.

Is it your farm? – No, my aunt and my uncle’s.

3. Examplify the would – be analytical cases.

Fancy the joy of the child getting a toy like this. Much water has

flown under the bridge. The cottage was separated from the road by a lawn. This is an exception to the rule. The chief left a message for you. He came out into the street.

4. State whether the following adjectives can have the forms of degrees of comparison:

Modern, supreme, witty, extreme, reddish, deaf, medical, valuable, lower, upper.

5. State what properties of the nouns the underlined words possess.

· They thought us to distinguish between the false and the true.

· Often she tormented herself on the rights and wrongs of that impulsive action.

· We will nurse your sick and feed your hungry.

· The wiser go their way with a decent grace.

· The rich will help only the humble poor.

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6. Analyze the semantic relations within the structure. Translate them into Russian:

The slum area clearance project; oil production casts, phrase structure, subject – verb restrictions, the 16^th century English, the wage-freeze bill

Seminar 3

The Noun

Topics for discussion:

1. The category of number. Count, uncount nouns.

Discreteness / non-discreteness as the general meaning of the category.

(Blokh 55-60, Ilyish, 39 – 44)

2. The category of case. Case in nouns and pronouns. Тhe grounds for uniting these systems of cases.

(Ilyish 44-50, 72-74, Бархударов 84-92, Blokh 61-72, Iofik 60-62 )

3. Peculiarities of the ‘s-inflection. The theory denying the existence of the category of case in English.

(Ilyish 49-50, Бархударов 93-96, Blokh )

4. The system of semantic cases of nouns by Ch Fillmore

(Iofik 63-66, Kobryna –semantic roles of the subject)

5. The category of article determination.

(Blokh 72-82, Ilyish 49-57)

Literature:

 1.Blokh R.Y. A Course in Theoretical English Grammar. –

                  M., 2000. - Pp. 55-83

 2.Ilyish B.Y. Structure of Modern English. – L., 1974. -

         Pp. 36-48, 49-57

 3.Arnold I.V. The English Word. – M., 1986. - Pp.118-120, 161-162

4. Iofik L.L. Readings in the history of English.: – L., 1981. – p. 57-66

5. Бархударов     Очерки по морфологии английского языка. –

          М., 1975.- С.84-96

Practical assignments:

1. State the subclasses of the following nouns, comment on the meaning of number:

a table, a man, sugar, music, a family, spectacles, police, wines.

2. Define the relations expressed by nouns in the Genitive case and the type of the Genitive case used.

· Mrs. Forester was a very nice woman. Her voice was a woman’s

voice. The letter dropped from Mr. Johnson’s hand. It was a two-hour’s trip. W. Shakespeare’s sonnets are masterpieces of poetry. The butcher’s was next. Judy’s smile wasn’t inviting.

Is it your farm? – No, my aunt and my uncle’s.

3. Examplify the would – be analytical cases.

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