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Lecture 3
4.What parts of speech are traditionally singled out? What are the merits and demerits
of the traditional classification of words into parts of speech?
7.Anlyze the problem of the definitions of the English noun and parameters of its categorization.
What is a new concept of the category of case of the English noun (CONs and PROs)
9.Comment on various interpretations of number distinctions of the English noun. The type of noun
which can be confusing for FL students who are learning about singular and plural nouns is noncount
nouns. Express your own opinion and give examples
What are the grouping parts of speech?
It should be noted that the traditional term ―parts of speech was developed in
Ancient Greek linguistics and reflects the fact that at that time there was no
distinction between language as a system and speech, between the word as a
part of an utterance and the word as a part of lexis.