Introduction. Grammar as a branch of linguistics Methods of grammatical analysis

THEORETICAL GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Introduction. Grammar as a branch of linguistics Methods of grammatical analysis

Plan:

• 1. The place of grammar in the system of language
• 2. Main notions of grammar: grammatical meaning, grammatical form, grammatical categories
• 3. Syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations as the subject of study of theoretical grammar
• 4. Types of grammatical categories.

Literature

• Блох М.Я. Теоретическая грамматика английского языка. М., 1983.
• Мороховская Э.Я. Fundamentals of theoretical English Grammar. Киев, 1984.
• Александрова О.В., Комова Т.В. Modern English Grammar. Morphology. Syntax. M., 2007.
• Хомутова Т.Н. Theory of English Grammar. Челябинск, 2006.
• Каушанская В.Л. и др. A Grammar of the English Language. M., 2008.
• Хомутова Т.Н., Власова Ю.А. Readings in the Theory of English Grammar. Челябинск, 2008.
• Блох М.Я., Семенова Т.Н. и др. Практикум по теоретической грамматике английского языка. М., 2004.

The goals of the course are

• to provide a description of the grammatical structure of the English language as a system;
• to clarify the scope of grammar in a systematic and theoretically coherent way;
• to develop students’ critical thinking skills.

Fundamentals of Linguistics

• Linguistics - the scientific study of language or of particular languages.

Language-

• In the broad sense – the unity of language proper and speech;
• In the narrow sense: the system which lies at the base of all speaking.

American linguists: G. Trager & H. Smith

• Broad interpretation:
• Grammar – the study of the language structure in general, including phonemics and lexis, thus identifying grammar with linguistics.

Majority of linguists

• Narrow interpretation:
• Grammar is a part of linguistics which studies the grammatical structure of the language, excluding phonemics and lexis.