Theoretical English Grammar. Part 1. Morphology. Бочарова М.В. - 33 стр.

o Syntactic functions:
– the Attribute:
      �) in preposition to a noun;
      b) in postposition to some nouns: Cardinal Numerals in postposition to
      nouns which denote items within a set of things; Ordinal Numerals in
      postposition to certain proper names (e.g. dynasties);
– if they are used as Noun-substitutes they can function as:
        – Subject;
        – Object;
        – Predicative;
        – Adverbial of time.



                      FUNCTION WORDS IN ENGLISH


                     PREPOSITIONS vs. CONJUNCTIONS


              The Preposition                      The Conjunction


              o Function (form) words, not ‘parts of speech’ proper
                           Linking words that connect
    two notional words                   notional words, or phrases, or
                                         clauses
                                 o Semantics:
                           don’t name, only indicate
              different types of grammatical or semantic relations
           Do they have any lexical meaning? � a lot of controversy
        o Have no formal morphological markers (= are unchangeable)




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