Theoretical English Grammar. Part 1. Morphology. Бочарова М.В. - 27 стр.

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NON-FINITE VERB FORMS (VERBALS)
o Infinitive, Gerund, Participle I, Participle II.
THE FIELD STRUCTURE OF THE CLASS OF VERBS
o central and peripheral verbs.
THE ADJECTIVE IN ENGLISH
o The defining characteristics of central adjectives.
They are a class of notional words which:
– express the general semantics of Quality;
– have the morphological category of Degrees of Comparison;
– function as the Attribute or the Predicative (Complement) in the sentence.
o Semantic groups of adjectives:
1.1. Qualitative vs. 1.2. Relative adj.;
2.1. Neutral Qualitative adj., which describe the referent of a nominal expres-
sion and can show different degrees of a quality, vs.
2.2. Strong Qualitative adj., which describe the absolute limit of a quality of
the referent of a nominal expression.
o Syntactic functions:
– the Attribute as part of a noun phrase:
1.1. in preposition or 1.2. in postposition to the head noun;
– the Predicative / Complement:
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NON-FINITE VERB FORMS (VERBALS)
o Infinitive, Gerund, Participle I, Participle II.


THE FIELD STRUCTURE OF THE CLASS OF VERBS
o central and peripheral verbs.



                       THE ADJECTIVE IN ENGLISH


o The defining characteristics of central adjectives.


They are a class of notional words which:
– express the general semantics of Quality;
– have the morphological category of Degrees of Comparison;
– function as the Attribute or the Predicative (Complement) in the sentence.


o Semantic groups of adjectives:


1.1. Qualitative vs. 1.2. Relative adj.;
2.1. Neutral Qualitative adj., which describe the referent of a nominal expres-
   sion and can show different degrees of a quality, vs.
2.2. Strong Qualitative adj., which describe the absolute limit of a quality of
   the referent of a nominal expression.


o Syntactic functions:


 – the Attribute as part of a noun phrase:
     1.1.   in preposition or 1.2. in postposition to the head noun;
 – the Predicative / Complement:



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