Ôn thi lý thuyết ngữ pháp cao học (chuyên ngành tiếng anh)

- What is grammar?
Grammar drived from Greek “grammatike” meaning “to write”
- Kinds of grammar:
Prescriptive grammar: to be phrased as prohibition - standard grammar
Descriptive grammar: to describe the grammatical system of a language (e.g to describe
how to play football: using a ball, hand and a basket )
- Grammar development:
• Traditional grammar: grammar teaching at school, parts of speech, The traditional
categories
• Immediate constituents: using techniques for displaying sentence structure is the use of
immediate constituent (IC) analysis
• Phrase structures and transformational grammar:
- Phrasal structure: the division of a sentence into parts, or constituents, and the division
of those constituent into subparts.
- the transformational rules can be informally thought of as an instruction to change
one structure to another
Functional grammar: showing grammar communicating meaning in social
interaction.
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Grammar
Morphol
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in general
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particular
Exam
ple: a
car
N

act (v) actor (n)
actress (n) action (n)
activity (n)
active (a)
actively
(adv) a
school-girl
1, Is it right to say that right wrongs no man?
2, One can not right all the wrongs in the world.
3, Cure that cold with a drink of hot lemon before you go to bed.
4, Drink this quick ! Don’t let it get cold.
5, Before the fire, there had been a plague, the like of which had not been known
before and has not been seen since.
6, It is a common failing to suppose we are not like other men, that we are not as other
people are.
7, As your doctor, I must warn you that the results of taking this drug may be very
serious.
8, Growth in weight results in the development of muscles and fat.
9, Warm pan, sift dry ingredients and stir well.
10,Dry hair thoroughly with warm towel and comb.
Unit 1 - Phrases - clauses - sentences
1 PHRASES
1.1. Definition
A group of one or more than one words, equivalent to a part of speech.
A phrase consists of (Pre-modification) + Head + (Post-modification)
d, Prepositional phrase (Pre.P):
in the class pre. NP
a noun phrase dominated by a preposition
1.2. Kinds of phrase: 5
a, Noun phrase (NP): a phrase in which there is a noun as a head

a
beautiful
girls
N head
girl
premod.
N head
a
beautiful
girl in the class
premod.
N head
postmod.
b, Adjective phrase (Adj.P): a
phrase
in which there is an adjective as
a head
more
beautif
ul Adj.
head
than I am
premod.
Adj.
head
postmod.
c, Adverb phrase
(Adv.P):
a phrase in which there is an adverb as a
head

more slowl
v
Adv
head
than I did
premod.
Adv
head
postmod.
e, Verb phrase (VP): a group of one or more than one verbs in which there is a verb as a
head.
- Structurally, there are 2 kinds of VP:
• Finite verb phrase: a verb phrase whose verb element agrees with the subject in
person and number.
• Non - finite verb phrase: a verb phrase whose verb element does not agree with
the subject in person and number.
- Infinitive non-finite verb phrase:
+ “To” infinitive non-finite verb phrase: To learn English is difficult.
+ Bare infinitive non-finite verb phrase: Run away is what I could do then.
-Ing participle non-finite verb phrase: My duty is learning English.
-Ed participle non-finite verb phrase: Asked a lot of questions, she was
tired.
Non-finite VPs
• Finite VPs (V, V-s & V-edl, etc.) have
tense and mood of a certain
They go there very often.
He goes there twice a week.
(Tense: past; mood : indicative)
We went there yesterday. (Tense:
past; mood : indicative)

•Non-finite VPs (to V, V-ing & V-
ed2) do not have tense and mood.
They want to go there then. She
enjoyed watching TV.
Can be used either with Present or
Past tense)
• Finite VPs often have their own
subject.
If she liked, she could go.
S +V-edl
• Finite VPs often appear in the
simple, compound or complex
sentence (making up finite
clauses)
• Non-finite VPs may have but more
often do not have their S.
For him to go there is difficult.
S + to infinitive
• Non-finite VPs often perform the
function of S, O, C or A of the
main finite clause and make up the
complete complex sentence.
‘To’
Inf.NFVP
Finite VP
Nonfinite
V
-Ing participle
NFVP-
- Infinitive

a
He
3rd person,
is_
3rd person,
sing. FVP -
simple have
learnt FVP -
Englis
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Finite
typ
2. CLAUSES
2.1 Definition a part of a sentence, conveying an independent supposition
2.2. Clause elements : S,V,0,C,A
a. Object: - Directobject (Od.): I like him.
S V Od
- Indirect object (Oi) + Od: I gave him a book.
S V Oi Od
b. Complements:
- Subject complement (Cs): to describe or indicate the characteristics or feature of the
subject - after copular verbs (link verbs)
+ BE group: be, appear, seem, feel, look, see, sound, smell, taste , expressing the
current attribute:
He appears tired.
S V Cs
+ BECOME group: become . come, get, go, grow, turn, , expressing the resulting
attribute:
He becomes famous.
S V Cs

- Object complement (Co): to describe or indicate the characteristics or features of the
object:
She painted the door red.
S V Od Co
He drove me mad.
They elected him chairman.
I have my car repaired.
I saw her sleeping in the garden.
He made me cry.
They found her a good wife.
S V Oi Co They found him a good wife.
S V Oi Od
They found a good wife for him.
He gave a book to me.
- Adjective complements (Cadj.)
1’ m happy to meet you.
S V Cs Cadj.
- Prepositional complement (Cpre.)
She is interested in making up all day.
S V Cs Cadj.
- Adverbials:
+ Semantically: adverb of time, place and process (manner)
He worked hard at school then.
S V Amanner Aplace Atime
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+ Functionally: 3 kinds
Adjuncts: integrated in the structure of the clause He
worked carefully.
S V A adjunct (How)
Disjuncts: peripheral to the structure of the clause

Carefully. he worked.
A disjunct S V
(generally speaking, in fact, to be honest, to tell the truth )
Conjuncts: peripheral to the structure of the clause and connective fonction
Secondly. you have to learn French.
A conjunct S V Od
(finally, on the other hand, in brief, that’s why, in other words, in addition,
moreover, in conclusion, what’s more, further more )
Ex. 5, 7
2.3 Classification
a, According to usage: 2
- Independent clause:
+ Simple sentence : Tom saw Mary.
+ Compound sentence: Tom saw Mary and he ran away .
+ Complex sentence: When Tom saw Mary,he ran away.
+ Dependent clause: When he saw Mary, he ran away.
b, According to clause elements and verb complementation: 7 kinds
S. V. O. C. A
SV
SVA
SVC
SVO
SVOA
SVOC
svoo
- S + V(intransitive)
- S + V(intensive) + Adverb
- S + V(intensive) + Cs
- S + V(mono transitive) + Od
- S + V(complex transitive) + O + A

- S + V(complex transitive) + Od + Co
S + V(di transitive)+ Oi + Od
mono-transitive di-transitive complex transitive
He has arrived.
He is in the garden.
He looks tired.
I love you.
They put him in a good
position. He made me
happy.
1
INTENSIV
E
intrans
itive
Ex. 98
c, According to Verb phrase structures (Structural classification):
3
Infinitive “to” inf. NFC
bare inf. NFC
-Ing participle NFC
- Ed participle NFC
Cl, Finite clauses: a clause whose verb element is a finite verb
phrase.
He is_______a student.
FC1.
C2, Non - finite clauses: a clause whose verb element is a non
-finite verb phrase.
- Infinitive NFC:
+ “To” infinitive non - finite clause:

To learn English is difficult.
+ Bare infinitive non - finite clause:
All I did was hit him on his head.
-Ing participle non - finite clause:
The teacher being ill we missed our lesson.
- Ed participle non - finite clause:
Given a beautiful present, she was happy.
His job finished, he went home.
C3, Verbless clause: a clause whose verb
element is absent He
went to bed angry.
verbless
<-> When he was angry, he went to bed.
She stayed at home jobless.
<-> Because she was jobless, she stayed at
home.
Ex: 11
d, According to syntactic function of the clauses: 2
- Independent clauses (main/super ordinate) :
He ran away when I turned out.
- Dependent clauses (sub-clause/subordinate)
What he wants is what I want.
Functionally : Ithink that you can do it if you
try.
‘a’ is the superordinate to ‘b’ or ‘c’ is the
subordinate to ‘b’ ‘b’ is the superordnate to
‘c’ ‘b’ is the
subordinate to ‘a’
____________ECi
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FC1
Cl.elements +
V.complementation:
O
e, According to
the syntactic
functions of sub-
clauses: 4 kinds
- Nominal
clauses: (S,
O, C)
What I
want
is not
what
he
wants.
I
wonde
r
wheth
er
he’ll
come
or not.
I
know
you
are
rich.

I
enjoy
listeni
ng to
music.
I want
to
learn
Englis
Structura
h.
- Relative
clauses:
The man who
was
stan
ding
at
the
door
is
my
brot
her.
Defi
ning
relat
ive
clau
se

- Comment
clauses:
Gener
ally
speaki
ng, he
is
honest
.
- Adverbial
clauses:
After
having
breakf
ast, he
went
to
school
.
Ex: 4. 6
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clauses
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