TOPIC: THE NOUN Points for discussion 1. The

TOPIC: THE NOUN Points for discussion 1 . The Noun: its nature, general characteristics as a part of speech, nounal classifications: the main approaches to the problem. The main principals of noun subdivisions. Field structure of a noun. 2. The problem of the category of gender. 3. The category of number. The phenomena of the absolute singular and absolute plural. 4. The category of case: its nature, case theories. The problems of defining the category of case in English 5. The problem of the category of determination. The usage of articles as noun determinant. 6. The noun: its syntactical properties

THE MAIN RECOMMENDED LITERATURE Смирницкий А.И. Морфология английского языка. М., 1959. Бархударов Л.С. Очерки по морфологии современного английского языка. – М.,1975. Ильиш Б.А. Строй современного английского языка. М., 1971 — C. 36-57 Блох М.Я. Теоретическая грамматика английского языка. М., 1983. — C.53-85 Раевская Н.М. Теоретическая грамматика английского языка. Киев., 1976 . — С. 78-92 Хаймович Б.С., Роговская Б.И. Теоретическая грамматика английского языка. М., 1967. Иофик Л.Л., Чахоян Л.П. Хрестоматия по теоретической грамматике английского языка. Л, 1972. Теоретическая грамматика английского языка. Задания и упражнения. Методическое пособие для студентов IV курса факультета английского языка. Минск, 1994.

THE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED LITERATURE Бархударов Л.С., Штелинг Д.А. Грамматика английского языка. – М., 1973. Иванова И.П., Бурлакова В.В., Почепцов Г.Г. Теоретическая грамматика современного английского языка. – М., 1981. — C.21-34 Жигадло В. Н., Иванова И. П., Иофик Л. Л. Современный английский язык. Теоретический курс грамматики. М., Изд-во литературы на иностранных языках, 1956г. Хлебникова М.Б, Морфология английского языка. — М., 2004 — С.37 Учение о частях речи в английской грамматической традиции (XIX-XX вв.). М., 2000 г. Quirk R., Greenbaum S., Leech G., Svartvick J. A University Grammar of English. M., 1982.

OUR FIRST POINT FOR DISCUSSION IS The Noun: its nature, general characteristics as a part of speech, nounal classifications: the main approaches to the problem. The main principals of noun subdivisions.

THE DIFINITION TO FOLLOW… The noun is the main nominative part of speech, effecting nomination of the fullest value within the framework of the notional division of lexicon.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NOUN AS PART OF SPEECH

THE EXAMPLES OF NOUNAL CLASSIFICATIONS BASED ON ONE CRITERION MORPHOLOGICAL (I.V. ARNOLD) SEMANTICAL (М.А. Gashnina, N.M. Vasilevsky, J. Nesfield) proper — common nouns ; concrete —abstract nouns; collective — material nouns simple — derived — compound affixative composite

THE EXAMPLES OF NOUNAL CLASSIFICATIONS BASED ON TWO CRITERIA (MEANING+FORM ) THE MAIN PRINCIPALS OF NOUN SUBDIVISIONS

The second point of our discussion is The problem of the category of gender

THE WAYS AND THE MEANS OF EXPRESSING THE CATEGORY OF GENDER

THE EXAMPLES OF OPPOSITIONS BASED ON THE CATEGORY OF GENDER

The third point of our discussion is The category of number. The phenomena of the absolute singular and absolute plural.

THE EXAMPLES OF OPPOSITIONS BASED ON THE CATEGORY OF NUMBER

THE WAYS OF EXPRESSING “ THE ABSLOLUTE SINGULAR”

THE WAYS OF EXPEWSSING “THE ABSOLUTE PLURAL”

Our next point is The category of case: its nature, case theories.

The definition to follow… Case is the category of a noun expressing relations between the thing denoted by the noun and other things, or properties, or actions, and manifested by some formal sign in the noun itself.

THE PECULARITIES OF THE CASE THEORIES

And now we refer to the point connected with The problem of the category of determination

OUR LAST POINT FOR TODAY’S DISCUSSION IS The noun: its syntactical properties