Theoretical Grammar: Problems of linguistic analysis.
Study the following questions:
1. Methods of linguistic analysis.
1.1. Oppositional analysis.
1.2. Distributional analysis.
1.3. IC analysis.
1.4. Transformational analysis.
Recommended Literature:
1. Starikova O.M., Alova N.P. Seminars in Theoretical Grammar. – K. – 1980., p.7-16.
Themes for writing academic reports (essays):
1. History of English grammars. English grammars before 1900 (the first period): early (prenormative grammars), prescriptive grammars, classical scientific grammar.
2. History of English grammars. English grammars in the 20th century (the second period): prescriptive grammars in Modern Period, classical scientific English grammar in the Modern Period, Structural and transformational grammars.
Individual Work ¹ 2
Language units. Syntagmatics and paradigmatics.
Study the following questions:
1. Segmental and supra-segmental units of the language.
2. Syntagmatic and paradigmatic aspects of the language.
3. Valency of linguistic units, their combinability.
Recommended literature:
1. M.Y. Blokh. A Course in Theoretical English Grammar, p.p. 11-19.
2. E. J. Morokhovskaya. Fundamentals of Theoretical English Grammar, p.p. 22-44.
Themes for writing academic reports (essays):
1. Syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations of linguistic units.
Individual Work ¹ 3
Linguistic dichotomies
Study the following questions:
1. Dichotomy “language – speech” in the Saussure's theory of the language.
2. Dichotomy “synchrony-diachrony” in grammatical studies.
Recommended literature:
1. B. Ilyish. The Structure of Modern English, p. 6-7.
2. M. Y. Blokh. A Course in Theoretical English Grammar, p.p. 11-13.
Themes for writing academic reports (essays):
1. The Saussure’s contribution into the development of theory of linguistics.
2. The antithesis of language and speech.
Individual Work ¹ 4
Morphology. Word as the main nominative unit of the language.
Study the following questions:
1. Word as the main nominative unit of the language, its main characteristics.
2. The problem of notional and function words.
Recommended literature:
1. B. Ilyish. The structure of modern English, p.p.34-35, 10-11.
2. E. J. Morokhovskaya . Fundamentals of Theoretical English Grammar, p.p. 46-56.
Themes for writing academic reports (essays):
1. Morphemic structure of the word.
Individual work ¹ 5
Grammatical Category. Parts of Speech.
Study the following questions:
1. Syntactico-distributional theory of parts of speech by Ch. Fries.
2. Nature of grammatical categories (referential and significational categories).
3. Problem of notional and functional parts of speech.
Recommended literature:
1. L.L. Iofik, L. P. Chakhoyan. Readings in the Theory of English Grammar, p.p. 49-53.
2. E. J. Morokhovskaya. Fundamentals of Theoretical English Grammar, p.p. 106-112.
3. M.Y. Blokh. A Course in Theoretical English Grammar, p.p. 37-49.