Методические рекомендации к семинарам по теоретической грамматике английского языка. Тивьяева И.В. - 38 стр.

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IV. State what makes the following sentences semi-composite:
1. Langdon nodded, feeling the first faint wisps of possibility materializing. (D.
Brown)
2. Langdon read the words twice, his heart pounding wildly. (D. Brown)
3. I’ll never do anything as good as that. (W. S. Maugham)
4. Sophie was already stepping over the swag and moving forward. (D. Brown)
5. Nothing afforded him greater amusement than a drunken man. (J.
Galsworthy)
6. They found my body and made me a boat of sticks and dragged me across
the desert. (M. Ondaatje)
7. Young Jolyon sat down not far off, and began nervously to reconsider his
position. (J. Galsworthy)
8. He was as pleasant, attentive, and soberly gay as usual. (W. S. Maugham)
9. Not constitutionally interested in amphibious sports, his visit had been one
of business rather than pleasure, a client of some importance having asked
him down. (J. Galsworthy)
10. The soft fullness of the coat made her face as small as a child’s. (J.
Galsworthy)
Seminar 15
Indirect Meaning of the Utterance
Reading
Иванова И.П., Бурлакова В.В., Почепцов Г.Г. Теоретическая грамматика
современного английского языка. (3.3.10 – 3.3.13, c. 260 – 267)
Points to discuss
1. Semantics and pragmatics. Three approaches to defining pragmatics as a
linguistic discipline.
2. Expressed and implied meaning of the utterance.
3. Presupposition and its types.
4. Implication and inference.