I. Define the properties of word-groupings on the lines of different classifications.
MODEL: "a self-reliant student"
It is a notional, dominational, consecutive, completive monolateral, qualifying attributive phrase. It comprises an article, an adjective, and a noun.
to fully understand
delivered for a friend
happy but not quite
is seriously ill
for us to expect
think of an idea
a cat licking milk
a flowery hat
a man, having no scruples
a stifling weather
a summer wedding
a wedding or a christening
almost insignificant
cakes and ale
came in to ask
can come, supposedly
claimed the land
eggs and cheese
enthusiastic but not cultured
ought to give up
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extremely tempting
familiar noise
had definitely been
in spite of
kicking off the shoes
laughed a little
might correspond
pleased, or almost so
projected onto the token
rather doubtful
really amazing
sanity and rationality
the "I'm sorry" response
the butcher and the grocer
the train moved
the world beyond
think of an idea
time-tables, books, maps, and what not
to feel foolish
young, nonchalant, charming
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II. Account for the peculiarity of the following sentences.
You might write to Miss What's-her-name and say we're coming (Christie).
It's the "Save Mrs. Lancaster" that I'm going to be busy with (Christie).
He felt much less vulnerable in jeans and a MEET ME IN FAIR VIEW T-shirt... (King).
The idea that such off-the-wall-things as gypsy curses exist at all... is anathema to everything Michael Houston has ever believed in (King).
This last was in a lower I'm-talking-to-myself voice, and was followed by a thump as Ginelli threw his shoulder against the door (King).
Thinner, just that one word, but it was malediction enough, Halleck saw, because everyone in this affluent upper–class–commute-to-the-city-and-have-a-few- drinks-in-the-club-car-on-the-way-home suburb, everyone in this pretty little new England town set squarely in the heart of John Cheever country, everyone in Fairview was starving to death (King).
REFERENCES
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6. Ильиш, Б.А. Строй современного английского языка: Учебник. – Л.: Просвещение, 1971. – С. 171-181.
REPORT
1. Phrase theory in cognitive linguistics (J.R. Taylor’s conception).
2. Cognitive understanding of syntax. (E.S. Kubryakova, R.Langacker, A. Wierzbicka)
3. Classification of word combinations in structuralism.
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