Theoretical English Grammar. Part 1. Morphology. Бочарова М.В. - 35 стр.

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o Formal function: realise the Category of Definiteness / Indefiniteness and
serve as noun determiners.
o Semantics: have lexical meaning; only the grammatical meaning of Definite-
ness / Indefiniteness.
o Their semantic function is to specify the kind of reference a noun has; to es-
tablish a relation between the referent of a noun and the actual communicative
situation (ɚɤɬɭɚɥɢɡɚɰɢɹ ɩɨɧɹɬɢɹ).
o ĺ means of contextual information: the indefinite article introduces new
info; the definite article identifies previously mentioned/ known info. + other
uses of the articles.
PART 2. TASKS FOR PRACTICAL CLASSES
Task 1. Write each word, putting a hyphen between its morphemes. Identify and
characterize the morphemes:
– segment morphemes: the root morpheme, derivational affixes, inflexional af-
fixes;
– non-segment morphemes: the zero morpheme, vowel interchange, stress shift.
Example: disagreed: dis – agree – d
ĻĻĻ
deriv. root infl.
Aff. Morp. Aff.
Overcarefulness, activities, news, reviewed, unfortunately, stuck, unreliability,
risen.
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o Formal function: realise the Category of Definiteness / Indefiniteness and
serve as noun determiners.


o Semantics: have lexical meaning; only the grammatical meaning of Definite-
ness / Indefiniteness.


o Their semantic function is to specify the kind of reference a noun has; to es-
tablish a relation between the referent of a noun and the actual communicative
situation (������������ �������).


o � means of contextual information: the indefinite article introduces new
info; the definite article identifies previously mentioned/ known info. + other
uses of the articles.



                PART 2. TASKS FOR PRACTICAL CLASSES


Task 1. Write each word, putting a hyphen between its morphemes. Identify and
characterize the morphemes:
– segment morphemes: the root morpheme, derivational affixes, inflexional af-
fixes;
– non-segment morphemes: the zero morpheme, vowel interchange, stress shift.


Example: disagreed:           dis – agree – d
                               �      �          �
                             deriv. root        infl.
                             Aff.   Morp. Aff.


Overcarefulness, activities, news, reviewed, unfortunately, stuck, unreliability,
risen.

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