Theoretical English Grammar. Part 1. Morphology. Бочарова М.В. - 12 стр.

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THE PROBLEM OF THE CATEGORY OF CASE
o A lot of controversy over the status of the –’s noun form
o Is there a Category of Case in analytical languages like English?
o ĺ Different schools of opinion:
– the prepositional case theory;
– the positional case theory;
– the theory of two cases;
– the theory which rejects the existence of the category of Case in English.
o The theory of two cases of the English Noun
– The morphological category of Case of the Noun is the central means in the
functional semantic field of Relation. Its function is to indicate relations be-
tween nouns in the sentence and through these – relations between the objects of
reality denoted by the nouns.
– In the periphery of the functional semantic field of Relation you can find syn-
tactic means, e.g. prepositions, word order.
– These means are used differently in Russian and English.
Russian English
– A highly elaborate system of noun
cases (declension):
the Nominative, Genitive, Dative,
Accusative, Instrumental and
Prepositional cases.
– case forms are marked by inflex-
ions.
– Syntactic means are used most
commonly:
word order, prepositions
– Only one case inflexion, -’s,
which marks the Genitive case, is
singled out.
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THE PROBLEM OF THE CATEGORY OF CASE


o A lot of controversy over the status of the –’s noun form


o Is there a Category of Case in analytical languages like English?


o � Different schools of opinion:
– the prepositional case theory;
– the positional case theory;
– the theory of two cases;
– the theory which rejects the existence of the category of Case in English.


o The theory of two cases of the English Noun
– The morphological category of Case of the Noun is the central means in the
functional semantic field of Relation. Its function is to indicate relations be-
tween nouns in the sentence and through these – relations between the objects of
reality denoted by the nouns.


– In the periphery of the functional semantic field of Relation you can find syn-
tactic means, e.g. prepositions, word order.


– These means are used differently in Russian and English.
                 Russian                                 English
  – A highly elaborate system of noun – Syntactic means are used most
  cases (declension):                     commonly:
  the Nominative, Genitive, Dative,       word order, prepositions
  Accusative, Instrumental and
  Prepositional cases.                    – Only one case inflexion, -’s,
  – case forms are marked by inflex-      which marks the Genitive case, is
  ions.                                   singled out.

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