Phrases. Classification of phrases.

Ben Johnson – the first, who began it. Scholars of the 18 century: James Greenwood. 19 c.: William Cobbot. 20 c.^ O. Jazzperson “Philosophy grammar”, “The theory of the rangs”

The theory of three ranges

Rung 3 Rung 2 Rang 1

Terribly cold weather

A furiously barking dog

 

Terribly cold weather – nominative, predicative unite

 

According to Ильишь: the phrase is every combination of two or more words, which is a grammatical unite but not an analytical form of some word (as, for instance, the perfect forms of verbs).

Has written – is not a phrase

Phrases: beautiful flower, cold weather

The Classification of phrases is based on structural meaning. (Franses, The structure of analytical English) divided only into 4 types:

1) The structure of modification consists of a head word and modifier(Hungry people)

2) Frensis (the structure of predication) subject+predicate

3) Of complementation: verb+compliment (смысловое дополнение) speak truth

4) Of coordination. Consists of grammatically equivalent of units. “Hope and Pray”

 

1) Condition for a phrase to be a phrase: 1. not an analytical form (have gone, is doing – not phrases)

2) Word in the phrase are notional

3) The principle of subordination – no coordination

4) No Predication

 

Predicationis a relation between a subject and the predicate, is is established relation between reality and the situation.

О. В. Александрова, Т. А. Комова “Modern English grammar: Morphology and Syntax”

 

Word combinations