The task:match an item from the left column with its explanation given in the right one.
The Subject of Theoretical Grammar | |||
Grammar elements | A analyzes language data, interprets them, expound the data but does not give instructions as for the use of them | ||
Grammar structure | B scribes definite rules for the use of a language (gives instruction for the use of language data, teaches how to speak and write) | ||
The subject of English Theoretical Grammar | C is an adequate systematic (methodic) description of language facts and also their theoretical interpretation | ||
The main task of Theoretical Grammar | D implies relations and connections among grammar elements or inner organization of the language grammar system | ||
Practical Grammar | E refers to the study of the English Language grammar organization as a system parts of which are mutually connected with definite relations of different types of complexity (complication, complicacy) | ||
Theoretical Grammar | F refer to morphemes, words, word-combinations and sentences | ||
Kinds of Theoretical Grammar | |||
Distributive Grammar | G researches relations of signs and non-language objects that are marked with language categories and grammar forms | ||
Transformative Grammar | H brings its attention to the influence of psychology on the use of grammar forms | ||
Logical Grammar | I concentrates its attention at the relations among grammar forms | ||
Situated Grammar | J gives a way to make language facts be brought to light and classified | ||
Psychological Grammar | K searches how one language facts transfer into other and one grammar forms appear from others | ||
Structural (Formal) Theoretical grammar | L emphasizes connections between grammar categories and categories of thinking | ||
Semantic Theoretical grammar | M studies relations among syntagmatic elements | ||
Static method | N includes Logical, Psychological and Situated Grammar | ||
Dynamic method | O includes Distributive and Transforming Grammar | ||
Main grammar notions. Syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations | |||
Syntagmatic relations | P unite language elements that can replace each other for they belong to a class of elements that has a general similarity. | ||
Paradigmatic relations | Q can not replace each other for they belong to the different grammar categories | ||
Adjacent language elements | S refer to the ones of similarity | ||
Paradigmatic language elements | T refer to the ones of contiguity | ||
Grammar categories | |||
Grammar Meaning | U presents a peculiar reflection of reality and cannot include less than two opposite or properly correlated Grammar Forms | ||
Grammar Form | V is a generalized or abstract propriety of a class of words and unites big groups of classes of words | ||
Grammar Category | W refrers to a material expression of Grammar Meaning (expression of inflexion) | ||
General characteristics of the contemporary English language system | |||
Synthetic Language | X Grammar relations of words are expressed by the forms of these very words. A meaningful word alters and presents its new forms to express grammar relations. | ||
Analytical Language | Y A meaningful word is not able to alter. For that other words are used – auxiliaries. They help to express grammar relations or combine words in phrases or sentences. Peculiarity: auxiliary element (auxiliary verb) does not have a lexical meaning; notional verb does have that. | ||
Eight general characteristics of English | Z 1) ________________________________________________; 2) ________________________________________________; 3) ________________________________________________; 4) ________________________________________________; 5) ________________________________________________; 6) ________________________________________________; 7) ________________________________________________; 8) ________________________________________________; 9) ________________________________________________. | ||