Seminar 3

Seminar 3

1. Speak on the noun, give its general characteristics.

2. Comment on the subclass oppositions of the English nouns.

3. Dwell on the category of gender of English noun.

4. The category of number of a noun in English. What constitutes its essence?

5. Comment on pluralia tantum and singularia tantum of noun in English

6. The collective nouns and the nouns of multitude.

7. Speak on the morphological category of case of a noun.

8. Dwell on mutual relations of the categories of number and case.

References

1. Blokh M.Y. Grammatical classes of words / A Course in theoretical English grammar. M., 2000. – pp. 48-72 (Chapters 5-8).

2. Ильиш Б.А. Parts of speech / Строй современного английского языка. Л., 1971. – с. 36-48 (Chapter 3).