II. Finish the sentences. Choose the only possible variant.
1. In the earlier periods of development grammatical studies were mostly ... 2. The morphological system of language reveals its properties through the ... 3. Morphology faces the two segmental units: ... 4. Words of language depending on various formal semantic attributes form ... 5. According to three criteria words are divided into ... parts of speech. 6. The noun as a part of speech has the categorial meaning of... 7. Nouns that are referred to as Pluralia Tantum have only ... 8. The categorial meaning of the singular form of nouns may be characterized by .... 9. Case relations according to M. Deutschbeinng may be expressed by non-morphological means: ... 10. One of the typical functions of the finite verb is the ... |
a) plural form b) prepositions and word order c) parts of speech d) morphemic structure of words e) substance f) nominative or perspective g) immediate expression of grammatical time h) oneness, generalisation, countelessness i) morpheme and words j) notional and functional |
III. Match the definition with the term
1. abstract noun 2. adjective 3. affix 4. agreement 5. case 6. function 7. grammar 8. lexeme 9. morphology 10.predication |
A. parts of speech traditionally defined as "describing words" B. it is a necessary grammatical relationship between two or more words in a clause or sentence because of person, number or gender. C. it is an addition to a word or root etc. In order to form a new word D. it is the morphological category of the noun manifested in the forms of noun diclension and showing the relation of the thing denoted by the noun to other objects and phenomena E. it refers to an idea, quality or state. F.a word in abstract sense consisting of all actual forms that belong to this word in a particular meaning G.the study of word formation H. the syntactic role that a word, phrase or clause takes in some larger unit. I. the entire system of a language including its syntax, morphology, phonology. J. it is understood as the use of a certain form of a subordinate word required by its head word. K.sentence feature manifested through verbal categories which refers the sentence to reality |
IV. Put examples into right columns. Examples of:
Pluralia Tantum |
Agreement in phrases |
Nouns of multitude |
The group "genetive" |
Notional parts of speech |
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II |
III |
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a) pronoun
b) my family are early risers
c) this book
d) trousers
e) those books
f) the blond that I had been dancing with's name