Theoretical Grammar 4/5 15 points

The three constituent levels of the language are:

• the phonological system, the theory of opposition, the grammatical system

• the parts of speech, the grammatical system, the syntax

• the grammatical system, the phonological system, the lexical system

• words, word-combinations, sentences

Which statements ARE true?

• Language is concrete and speech is abstract.

• Language is stable, while speech tends to changes.

• The units of language are limited, while the units of speech are endless.

• Language is individual, while speech is general for all the bearers.

Which one is the correct order of the language elements?

• phonemic; morphemic, lexemic; phrasemic; proposemic; supra-proposemic

• phonemic; morphemic, lexemic; proposemic; phrasemic; supra-proposemic

• phonemic; morphemic, phrasemic; lexemic; proposemic; supra-proposemic

• supra-proposemic; proposemic; phrasemic; phonemic; morphemic, lexemic

Which sentences ARE true?

• Grammatical meaning is the individual meaning of the word.

• Grammatical meaning is characteristic of the whole class of words.

• Grammatical meaning is materialized through grammatical forms.

• Grammatical meaning is realized through grammatical categories.

Which statement is true?

• The word is the smallest meaningful unit.

• The phrase is a naming unit.

• The morpheme is the smallest distinctive unit.

• The phrase expresses predication.

The theory of oppositions makes up the basis for the

• grammatical meanings  

• grammatical forms 

• lexico-grammatical classes

• grammatical categories

Choose the correct option:

 

1) She said she would come soon.                                          She would come and tell us stories.

2) We are seeing him tonight.                                                  She is always grumbling.

3) She felt somebody touch her shoulder.                           She felt that somebody touched her shoulder.

• 1 -  the grammatical polysemy,

  2 - the grammatical synonymy,

  3 - the grammatical homonomy

• 1 -  the grammatical homonomy,

  2 - the grammatical synonymy,

  3 - the grammatical polysemy

• 1 -  the grammatical homonomy,

  2 - the grammatical polysemy,

  3 - the grammatical synonymy

• 1 -  the grammatical synonymy ,

  2 - the grammatical homonomy,

  3 - the grammatical polysemy

The essence of the theory of morphological field  is the following (one option):

• All the words belonging to the same part of speech possess the same characteristics.

• Each grammatical field has both a kernel and outskirts.

• Each grammatical field is homogeneous.

• Only the units which make up the kernel of the field belong to this field.

Which statement is correct?

• Countable  nouns fall into absolute singular and absolute plural.

• Uncountable nouns fall into singular and plural.

• Uncountable nouns fall into absolute singular and absolute plural.

• Uncountable nouns don’t have any singular.

The process of conversion of adjectives into nouns is called:

• nomination

• grammaticalization

• lexacalization

• substantivization