Noun Seminars 1 Сгруппируйте слова в группы

Noun. Seminars

1. Сгруппируйте слова в группы в зависимости от значения форманта –s. • • Singularia tantum Plural form of the noun Lexicalisation of the plural form Linguistics, details, news, scissors, tongs, ashes, irons, sands, contents, means, species, earnings, politics, woods, athletics, billiards, jeans, measles, pajamas, glasses, clothes, goods, mathematics

Сгруппируйте следующие слова в две группы: Singularia Tantum и Pluralia Tantum Courage, billiards, measles, news, hair, knowledge, butter, advice, police, clothes, cloth, cash, underwear, aerobocs, earnings, surroundings, binoculars, tongs, goods, money, people, trousers, pyjamas, scissors, tights, glasses, bacon, honey, furniture, linguistics, pincers, pliers, knickers, jeans, headphones, savings, remains, outskirts, mumps, maths, athletics, darts, draughts, luggage, luck.

Выделите алломорфы морфемы множественного числа: • Child-children, ox-oxen, foot-feet, tooth-teeth, mouse- mice, woman-women, goose-geese, deer-deer, sheep-sheep, phenomenonphenomena, curriculum-curricula, cactuscacti, hen-hens, toy-toys, box-boxes.

Проанализируйте случаи лексикализации формы множественного числа 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. John liked going on for a walk in the open air. She puts on airs as if she was running a literary saloon. An old man played several airs on an accordion. Red wine is useful for blood stream. These wines really do represent remarkable value. There they had spent fourteen days in solitary confinement, chained in heavy leg irons. 7. When we lived in the US wild turkeys used to come into our garden. 8. Do you always have turkey for lunch? 9. How about going to the pictures at the weekend? 10. This will involve extensive engineering works on public roads.

Вставьте нужную форму глагола to be 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Money … easy to spend and difficult to save. Your pajamas …on the bed. Measles … a common illness. There … no bad weathere … bad clothes. No news … good news. Where … my boxing gloves? His earnings … very low. My advice to you … to stay in bed. The police in America … well paid.

Определите значение форманта –s в каждом случае и ответьте, является ли он алломорфом мн. ч. Существительного или словообразующей морфемой. Обоснуйте вашу точку зрения. Iron-irons, good-goods, people-peoples, woods, art-arts, job-jobs, work-works, colours, food-foods, wine-wines, friend-friends, water-waters, ship-ships, wood-woods, tea-teas, custom-customs, food- (fatty) foods

Определите значения притяжательного падежа в словосочетаниях • • • a mile’s drive His son’s arrival You saved my life and the little boy’s Her daughter’s hair London’s traffic Mrs. Johnson’s passport Ten day’s absence Her mother’s money At the baker’s

Определите семантический класс существительных и их функции в предложении 1. Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes. 2. Three blocks from the broad white bulk of the United States Capitol, Jack Graham opened the front door and went straight to the bridge. Beer in hand, he flopped down on the threadbare couch in his livingroom. 3. Philosophy is the highest music. 4. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent of perspiration.

Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на грамматическую форму неисчисляемых существительных: 1. There is a particular shade of lipstick that would look divine on Joanne. 2. He smiled at an old woman selling combs and imitation lipsticks all covered with plastic sheet. 3. «What I need is a drink» , Hank said, but he settled for coffee too. By the time the waitress came back with our coffees the box was playing so loudly that nobody could have heard me at the next table unless I shouted. 4. We bought whiskies – it seemed too cruel to order rum, though whisky was hardly wise for me on top of the dry martinis. 5. He had flung his clothes around the room while having a last whisky before going to bed. 6. He ordered a double whisky. 7. Why a man with hair on his head has more hair than a man with hairs on his head? 1. Joanne wouldn’t like him to stop and have a beer at a pub.