The Noun (4 hours) Problems to be discussed

Study questions

1. 
   What peculiar features of nouns do you know?
   
2. 
   How many grammatical categories of nouns do you know?
   
3. 
   What do you understand by regular and irregular formation of plural of nouns?
   
4. 
   What means of irregular formation of plural meaning do you know?
   
5. 
   Does English have the grammatical category of case?
   
6. 
   What conceptions on the category of case do you know?
   
7. 
   Is the category of case in English nouns is as stable as it is in your native language?
   
8. 
   Is there a grammatical category of gender in English nouns?
   
9. 
   What is the difference between the terms “gender” and “sex”?
   
10. 
    Compare the gender meanings in English and your native language?
    

Glossary

Noun-a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality Gender-the physical and/or social condition of being male or female

Prefix-a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word
Suffix-a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new word
Structure-the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
Variation-a change in amount or level
Homonymous-a word that sounds the same or is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning
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5. M. Blokh. A Course in Theoretical English Grammar. M., 1983