英语专业语法书答案lecture 4 noun and noun__ phrase

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1、Lecture4NounandNounPhraseAshasbeenpointedout,thenounphraseisaphrasewithanounasitshead.Itisthenounheadthatdeterminesthewaythenounphraseisorganized.4.1ClassificationofnounsNounscanbeclassifiedaccordingtowordformation,lexicalmeaningandgrammaticalform.I)Simple,compoundandderivativenounsAccordingt

2、owordformation,nounscanbedividedintosimple,compoundandderivativenouns.Asimplenounisanounthatcontainsonlyonefreemorpheme(eg:man,chair,land,faith).Acompoundnounisanounthatiscomposedoftwoormoremorphemes(mostlyfreemorphemes)(eg:armchair,farmland,seaside,roommate).Aderivativenounisanounthatcomesfr

3、omaverb,anadjectiveorasimplenounwithaffix(eg:arrangement,greatness,patriotism).2)ProperandcommonnounsAccordingtolexicalmeaning,nounsfallintotwomajorcategories:propernounsandcommonnouns.Apropernounisanameusedforaparticularperson,placeorthing,andspeltwithacapitalletter,(eg:Anderson,Britain,New

4、YorkTimes).Acommonnounisanouncommontoaclassofpeople,thingsorabstractideas.Commonnounscanbefurtherclassifiedintoindividual,co1lective,material,andabstractnouns(eg:boy,tiger,family,team,water,air,honesty,glory).3)CountandnoncountnounsAccordingtogrammaticalform,nounscanbedividedintotwoclasses:co

5、untnounsandnoncountnouns.Acountnoun(orcountablenoun)isanounthathasapluralandwhichcancollocatewithnumbersandwithsuchdeterminersasa(n),many,few,these,those,several,etc(eg:acar,twocars,manycars,severalcars),.Anoncountnoun(oruncountablenoun)isanounthatcannotgowiththeabove-mentionedwords(eg:bread,

6、furniture,merchandise).4.2Numberformsof:nounsNUMBERisagrammaticalcategorythatindicatesthechangeintheformofnounsandverbs,dependingonwhetheroneormorethanoneistalkedabout.SomeEnglishnounshavesingularandpluralforms,andsomehavenot.1)NumberformsofindividualnounsIndividualnounsareallcountableandth

7、ereforehavesingularandpluralforms.Thesingularformofanindividualnoun,whichsharesthesameformasthebaseoftheword,cantakesuchdeterminersasa(n)andone(eg:a/onedesk,an/onearticle,.Thepluralformofanindividualnouncanberegularorirregular.Theregularplur