3.1. Syntactic Theories

I.   Oral Check-up on the Terms: Adjunct, head, complement, modifier, syntactic function, syntactic pattern, syntactic meaning, supra-sentential construction, syntax-Minor, syntactic relations, copulative, disjunctive, adversative, causative-consecutive, agreement, government, adjournment, enclosure, secondary predication, figure-ground segregation, prototype II. Topics for Discussion 1.   The object of syntax. The basic units of syntax. 2.   Modern syntactic theories. 3.   Basic notions of Cognitive Syntax. 4.   Interrelations between word and structure meanings 5.   Types of syntactic functions and relations.

III. Practical Assignment: Test Questions 3.1 (1)