Методические рекомендации к семинарам по теоретической грамматике английского языка для студентов III курса заочного отделения. Тивьяева И.В. - 11 стр.

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7. Romero had the old thing, the holding of his purity of line through the

maximum of exposure, while he dominated the bull by making him realize

he was unattainable, while he prepared him for the killing. (E. Hemingway)

Seminar 4

The Adjective. The Adverb

Reading

1. Блох М.Я. Теоретическая грамматика английского языка. (Ch. XVIII –

XIX, p. 197 – 222)

2. Ilyish B. The Structure of Modern English. (Ch. V, p. 58 – 65; Ch. VII, p. 74

– 75)

3. Quirk R., Greenbaum S. et al. A University Grammar of English. (5.1. –

5.49., p. 108 – 133)

Questions for the discussion

1. What categorial meaning does the adjective express?

2. List the semantic, morphological and syntactic features of the adjective.

3. What subclasses are adjectives traditionally divided into?

4. What principle of distinction was proposed by Prof. Blokh? What subclasses

of adjectives are singled out according to this principle?

5. What does the problem of the category of state words consist in?

6. What does the category of adjectival comparison express? What is the

linguistic status of less/least combinations and such constructions as ‘a most

beautiful girl’?

7. What is the categorial meaning of the adverb?

8. List the semantic, morphological and syntactic features of the adverb.

9. What classes of adverbs are traditionally singled out?

10. Where do the degree adverbs belong?

11. What does the problem of verb-adverb combinations consist in?