The problem of the definition of Word-combination - раздел Образование, THEORETICAL GRAMMAR Word-Combination Can Be Called:
1) A Phrase;
2) A Wo...
Word-combination can be called:
1) A phrase;
2) A word cluster / a cluster of words;
3) A word group / a group of words.
Word-combination and Sentence are regarded to be main unites of Syntax.
The problem of definition of Word-combination concerns the difficulty in giving the positive definition. It is usually defined negatively – what Word-combination does not refer to.
Thus the main negative differential characteristics of Word-combination is the following: Word-combination, in comparison with Sentence (they are compared because both refer to Syntax, not to morphology), does not have the communicative direction.
Definitions of Word-combination:
in the Occidental Linguistics
In the Home Linguistics
Word-combination together with Sentence is the main unity of Syntax. It has two or more elements which are related syntactically, can vary its forms in accordance with the peculiarities of syntactic combinations of its elements and does not have the communicative direction.
Syntactic unity which is called Word-combination is any syntactically organized group that consists of combination of Categorematic or Syntacategorematic words which are united with any type of syntactic connection.
Theory of Word-combination studies:
1) Its structure (main and dependent words / elements);
2) Arrangements of its elements, the principle of arrangement the elements of Word
combination in relation to each other (the order the elements of a word-combinations
take in its structure);
3) Its forms which can differ (the form a word-combination gets in the result of the
arrangement of its elements);
4) Syntactic relations between or among the elements of it (peculiarities of syntactic
combinations and relations in different forms of a word-combination).
The Subject of Theoretical Grammar
Theoretical Grammaris a section of linguistics that studies grammar system of language.
Grammar system of language refers to the whole complex of conformitie
Kinds of Theoretical Grammar
To explain and interpreter a phenomenon means to reveal and understand its nature. Kinds of Theoretical Grammar are defined by different approaches to the problem of How to interpret lang
Syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations.
As for the structure Theoretical Grammar can be stipulated by syntagmatic (distributive) or paradigmatic (transformative) relations.
Grammatical categories.
To the main notions in the study of Theoretical Grammar the following ones are included: grammatical category; grammatical form and grammatical meaning.
Grammatical Meaning d
The notions of the Word and the Morpheme
The word morphology is based on the two Greek words morpheme and logos.
Morpheme means form.
Logos was regarded as one of
Kinds of Morphemes
Kinds of Morphemes
Root
Affix (prefix, suffix)
Inflective
Principles of subdivision of parts of speech
The whole structure of Language is divided into lexical-grammatical classes or parts of speech.
Different linguistic schools ground different ways of lexical-grammatical cl
Classification of parts of speech
The biggest subdivision of parts of speech are the ones of Categorematic words (знаменательные слова) and Syntacategorematic/syntactic words (служебные слова). The
Theory of the field structure of the word.
Theory of the Morphological Field:
In a group of words there are ones which have all indications (signs) of a definite morphological part of speech; there are also words whic
The problem of the Gender of the English Noun.
The gender of an object, thing or phenomenon is expressed with lexical, but not grammatical, means (boy – girl, man – woman, bull – caw; he-goat – she-goat; star – it; window – it, ship – it/she, e
The category of the Number.
1. The category of the Number is based on the opposition of singularity and plurality.
For example:
parent – parents, tree –trees, man –men, life – l
The category of Case.
The Case
refers to the relations of an object/thing/phenomenon (which is denoted by a noun) to other objects, actions and signs, on the one hand, and
Functions and significance of the Article.
Functionally there are two forms of the Article – definite and indefinite. The forms are not changed. Though they have definite phonetic versions/the versions in pronunciation (drawing 4.1):
Functions and significance of the Article
There are three general functions of the Article: morphological, syntactic and semantic.
1). Morphological function of the Article.
Article is the main formal material morp
Grammatical Meaning of the Verb
The Verb refers to the Categorematic parts of speech:
it has lexical meaning and can take a definite syntactic position and serve some functions of a member of a sentence.
Semantic Classification
There are three main subclassifications that are based on the Principle of Meaning, both Lexical and Grammatical (tab. 5.2).
Table 5.2
Scheme of the 1
I Categories of the Finite Verbs
The Voice (Active, Passive): expresses relations of an action, its agent and object (an agent does an action (the Active Voice); an action is done over the agent or at the objec
Functions and Significance of the Non-Finite Forms
As for the morphological form there is a subdivision. They are said to be Simple Non-Finite forms and Analytical Non-Finite Forms.
Two morphological forms of the Non-F
Classification of Word-combinations
General Classification. All word-combinations (WC) can be divided into two general groups on the ground of:
4) Principle of Form (inner structure, grammatical morphological r
PRACTICE I
Task 1: join the given language elements thus to form sуntagmatic and paradigmatic relations between or among them.
Has been cleaning, meaning, an, has been peeled, bea
TEST I (S)
The task:match an item from the left column with its explanation given in the right one.
The Subject of Theoretical Grammar
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