Angličtina

Nouns-Structure of nominal groups / noun phrases

Nominal groups vary § in the types of ‘things’ they refer to§ in the experimental information encoded in their elements§ in the number of these elements§ in the classes of formal items that realize...

Nouns- Syntactic functions of a noun

At group level § modifier in a nominal group (school garden)§ qualifier in a nominal group (Mr. Brown, our teacher)§ completive in a prepositional group (over the fence) At clause level§ subject (the boy...

NOUNS

Reference:§ Nouns refer semantically to those aspects of our experience which we perceive as things or entities§ Entities o personso animalso things (concrete entities)o placeso institutionso emotions (anger, excitement)o periods of timeo materialso actions...

Nouns- Classes, subclasses

Classes:Common§ conceptual reference = refers to a general conceptProper§ unique reference = refer to only one item of reality (usually used only in singular)Countable§ count nouns; make distinction between one or moreUncountable§ mass nounsConcrete§...

Grammatical categories related to word classes

Nouns determination § definite § indefinite number § singular§ plural gender § not observable in the form of the noun; distinguished by pronoun § masculine§ feminine§ neuter case§ common§ genitive Pronouns person§ 1st (speaker)§...

ELEMENTS OF MORPHOLOGY

ELEMENTS OF MORPHOLOGY:§ words belong to different classes = word classes / parts of speech (slovní druhy) Divided on the meaning they carry a) lexical b) grammatical § compounds words to structure§ some words...

Introduction to morphology

SUBJECT OF MORPHOLOGY: Grammar has 2 areas: morphology§ structure of individual words in the linguistic utterancessyntax§ the way how words are combined into sentences§ Words don’t occur in isolation; they are part of the...