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PHRASES 1.) Noun Phrase (NP) → structure = d – m – h – q → The tall girl is sitting here. 2.) Verb Phrase (VP) → auxiliary verb (more) + full verb (one) → She goes home. FV → It will be reconstructed. AV+FV 3.) Prepositional Phrase → consists of a preposition + prepositional complement → The book is on the table. PP=prep.+Cp 4.) Adjectival Phrase (AdjP) → (may be) intensifier + adjective → She is tall. / She is very tall. 5.) Adverbial Phrase (AdvP) → (may be) intensifier + adverb → It is hard. / It is much more harder. CLAUSE ELEMENTS (vetné členy) 1.) Subject → S (kto? Čo?) – podmet tak ako v slovenčine 2.) Verb → V (čo robí? čo sa s ním deje?) – prísudok – v AN je to verb phrase 3.) Object a) Object direct – Od – (koho? čo?) – there is just one Od in a sentence – when there is an Oi after and Od it is an adverbial – I gave a book to him.( S V Od Adverbial) b) Object indirect – Oi – (komu? čomu?) – always must precede object direct – Od follows Oi – I gave him a book. (S V Oi Od) c) Object prepositional – Op – it is an Od with a preposition – We are talking about him. Op 4.) Complement a) Subject Complement – Cs – it has the same referent as Subject – Cs always link with Subject with linking or copular verbs = is, to be, became, turned, seems = just on verb – Cs made either a NP or a AdjP – She is a student.( S V Cs) b)Object Complement – Co – it must always follow an Od – I find English easy. (S V Od Co ) 5.) Adverbial → príslovkové určenie miesta, času, spôsobu, príčiny (Adverb = príslovka) 6.) Apposition → prístavok → My older brother, Peter, is not here. COUNT. Award Accident Breath Bridge Bottle Candidate Coin Cough Ceasefire Chair Drop Experiment Exam Fact Finger Gadget Garment Guard Injury Job Joke Journey Kitchen Plan Permission Poem Report Remark Reaction Smile Shower Suitcase Table Thunderstorm Tune University Vehicle Word UNCOUNT. Air Anger Architecture Behaviour Cash Clothing Cooking Courage Education Equipment Engineering Fun Flu Harm Information Lightering Leisure Laughter Luck Luggage Music News Peace Permit Poetry Progress Research Safety Travel Traffic Work Water Weather Warmth THE SYSTEM OF NOUN CLASSES 1.COMMON COUNT - concrete (table, book, pig, chair, bun) - abstract (dead, mind, difficulty, dream) UNCOUNT - concrete (milk, butter, gold) - abstract (music, passion, sadness, pain, laziness, time, love feelings) BOTH - concrete (paper-material, stones) - abstract (work, clothes) 2. PROPER (Henry, London, the Thames) NOUNS THAT CAN TAKE –S GENITIVE - we use -s genitive if it is about people - it is a possessive, an inflected case used with : personal names (Peter´s brother) personal nouns (student´s book) collective nouns – when we mean people (government’s decision) higher animals (horse´s tail, dog´s food) geographical names, institutional names – when we mean people (London’s history) temporal nouns (three week’s holiday) some more nouns connected with human activity (my garden’s duties) following nouns – usually phrases: sake, edge (God´s sake, forest´s edge) SYSTEM OF ENGLISH PRONOUNS 1.CENTRAL PRONOUNS Personal - I, me, you, he, she, it, they, them, us, him, her Reflexive - myself, yourself, themselves Possessive - my / mine, you / yours, their / theirs 2.RELATIVE PRONOUNS - which, that – for inanimate - who, whom – for animate - whose – for both 3.INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS - what, whom - which – for inanimate - who – for animate 4.DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS - this, those, these, that - they function as determiners or as functional pronouns 5.INDEFINITE PRONOUNS - they have general meaning, they are non-specific - most of them occurs in compounds - they function as determiners or pronouns A) personal – universal (both, each, every) assertive (several, one) / non-assertive (any) B) negative (nobody, neither) CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF ADJECTIVES - There are no special forms of adjectives, but many of them can be identified by suffixes: Ө, -able, -ful, -less, -ish, -ous, -al, -ic, -y (comfortable, playful, useless, greyish, dangerous, seasonal, scientific, dirty) - Characteristic features of the adjectives can be: 1.)attributive position (as modified head) an ugly painting 2.)predicative function (Cs, Co) -- the painting is ugly 3.)some adjectives can be premodified by an intensifier the children are very happy 4.)some adj can have comparative and superlative forms – e.g. colours are disputable the children are happier now There are central adjectives – they function as attributive or predicative (pretty, tall) and peripheral adjectives – they can be only attributive (you poor man) or only predicative (most common referring to the health of an animate being) ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS - normally there is a regular difference of form between an adj. and an adver. in that the adverb is distinguished by its –ly suffix ( a rapid car = adjective / he drove rapidly = adverb ) - some adjectives and adverbs have the same form without the –ly suffix ( Bill has a fast car = adjective / Bill drove fast = adverb ) - sometimes there is also an –ly adverb form but with a different meaning Have you seen her lately? - there are some words in –ly that can function both as adjectives and as adverbs I caught an early train = adjective / We finished early today = adverb - sometimes there are 2 forms – one is either adjective or adverb and the other is an adverb with an –ly suffix Take a deep breath = adjective / Breath deep = adverb / Breath deeply = adverb ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS nouns commonly function as premodifiers of other nouns, but they do not share other characteristics of most adjectives: a) there is no corresponding predicative function (the bus station – NOT the station is bus) b) they cannot be modified by very ( NOT a very bus station) c) they can not take comparison (NOT a busser station) d) there is an article contrast (the bus / a bus) e) there is a number contrast (on bus / two busses) f) there is a genitive inflection (the student’s essays) g) there is a premodification by an adjective (the young student) h) there is a correspondence to a propositional phrase with the noun as complement garden tool – tools for the garden CONVERSION – some items can be both adjectives and nouns – they have the same form, but they are another word classes a) there are some adjectives that are in noun form He is a criminal. / This is the criminal record. b) there are some nouns that function as adjectives school x school yard girl x girl friend Worcester porcelain x this porcelain is Worcester ADJECTIVES AND PARTICIPLES there are many adjectives that have the same suffixes as participles in –ing or –ed --- they have a verb form --- boared / boaring attributive - his views were surprising predicative - his surprising views 1. there are corresponding verb forms amuse – amusing – amused - when there is a corresponding verb, attributively used –ed forms usually have a passive meaning lost property – property that has been lost 2. there are no corresponding verb forms - they include forms in –ed that have no corresp. verbs she is talented , she is gifted the results were unexpected / the unexpected results - when there are no corresponding verbs – the forms are obviously not participles 3. sometimes there are corresponding verb forms, but they have different meaning she is very calculating = adjective she is calculating our salaries = participle 4. some adjectives are compound good-looking, heart-breaking, open-minded, easy-going 5. some verbs have different forms for verbal use and for adj. verbal use – he was drunk / adjective – I saw a drunken man 6. some adjectives have pronunciation [ed] beloved, aged, naked, witched THE USE OF ARTICLES IN UNIQUE REFERENCE → all names, any kind of names Personal names: “zero” article – usual (Peter, Paul Smith, Mr.Brown, Lady Di, George Bush) – president + name (president Bush) common nouns behave as proper nouns – mother, father, sister → they behave as proper nouns – calendar items – days, months, seasons, Christmas, Easter “the” article – formally used (the Lady Di, the President) – “the” Jane Brown – významná “a” article – “a” Jane Brown – nejaká Geographical names: 1.)if it is one name - “zero” article (Slovakia, Bratislava) 2.)if the names are in Plural - “the” article (the Bahams, the Netherlands) 3.)of constructions - “the” article (the Isle of Man) 4.) the name consist of more words and one is a common noun - „the“ article (the USA) 5.)names of institutions, streets - might be broken (Comenius University) 6.)rivers - “the” article (the Danube) 7.)lakes - “zero” article (Lake Windermere) 8.)mountains - “zero” article (Mount Everest) 9.)mountain groups - “the” article (the High Tatras, the Alps) MEANING OF GENITIVE possessive genitive (Mrs Johnson´s coat. / The ship´s funnel.) subjective genitive (Jane’s opinion. / The parents´ consent) objective genitive (the family’s support) genitive of origin (Dickens´ room) descriptive genitive (children’s room) genitive of measure – temporal (three-week’s holiday, three-kilo’s baby) appositive genitive (the river of the Danube, the city of Bratislava) genitive of attribute (The victim’s outstanding courage.) THE GRAMMATICAL STATUS OF THE G. Genitives can function as: a) determiners My handsome cousin’s new briefcase. That old gentleman’s son) b) modifiers They attend a women’s university. She lives in a quaint old shepherd’s cottage.) c) independent genitive Jennifer’s is the only face I recognize He has a devotion to work like his father’s.) d) post-genitive / double-genitive A sister of George’s is coming to stay with us. - GENERIC REFERENCE B) COUNT NOUNS - a tiger (any tiger) - the tiger (one typical representative) - tigers (most frequently used) - limited grammar in generic reference - “the…..of” constructions (the students of university) - “…..from” constructions (students from Slovakia) C) NON-COUNT NOUNS - “I like….” constructions milk, water, chocolate, tea NATIONALITIES - the Slovaks are … - the English are … - Englishmen are … D) ADJECTIVES AS A NP HEAD - the rich are… → whole class of rich people - the evil is … - the better is … - the public is … E) GENERAL SENSE - very generally the police, the countryside, the public the press, the media, the seaside SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATION OF ADJ. stative x dynamic - adjectives are characteristically stative - dynamic are that, that are susceptible to subjective measurement - stative adjectives cannot be used with the progressive aspect or with the imperative He´s being tall – NOT Be tall! adjectives that can be used dynamically include: brave, calm, cheerful, conceited, cruel, foolish, friendly, funny, good, greedy, jealous, naughty, noisy, tidy, helpful gradable (descriptors) x nongradable (classifiers) - farby → výnimka red--reder ??? - most adjectives are gradable - gradability is manifested through comparison tall – taller – tallest beautiful – more beautiful – most - gradability is manifeste through modification by intensifiers very tall, so beautiful, extremely useful - all dynamic and most stative adj. are gradable - denominal adj. (atomic scientist) are nongradable - adj. denoting provenance (British) are nongradable inherent (pravý v.) x non-inherent (prenesený v.) inherent adj. applies to the referent of the object directly a wooden cross = a cross made of wood - the adjective has some type of metaphoric meaning a wooden actor = the actor acts not naturally on stage a perfect alibi / a perfect stranger golden cross / a heart of gold