自考现代英语语法重点 Chapter 1 The Structure of the English Sentence (第一章 绪 论) 一、 难点、重点 1. Present the grammatical units that form a hierarchical order. (指出构成层次结构的语法单位.) 英语句子的结构层次是：分句(clauses)、词组(phrases)、单词(words)，图示如下： 高级层次 句子(由一个或多个分句组成) 分句(由一个或多个词组组成) 词组(由一个或多个词组成) 低级层次 词 如果从语义的角度来考虑，单词以下还可再分为词素(morphemes)；句子以上还有更大的语言单位，即把句子按一定逻辑规则组织起来的语篇所以，从超语法的角度来看，语法层次结构可以如下图所示： 高级层次 语篇(由广个或多个句子组成) 句子(由一个或多个分句组成) 分句(由一个或多个扣组组成) 词组(由一个或多个词组成) 词(由一个或多个词素组成) 低级层次 词素 2． Morphemes词素 (Terms: morpheme, morph, allomorph, free morpheme and bound morpheme) 什么是词素(morpheme)?词素是语法的最小区别性单位，即最低一级的语法单位。
词素的语音或拼写法的体现叫形素(morph)词素是一种抽象形式的成分，在不同的环境中一个词素可以由若干个不同的形素体现，如英语中的复数词素可以表现为／s，z，iz／ 某一词素在不同的环境中可以用不同的变体或词素变体(allomorph)表示所谓词素变体是指词素的非区别性变体，几个不同的变体一起构成一个词素 词素又分为自由词素和粘附词素自由词素(free morpheme)是指本身具有完整意义，可以独立使用的词素它可以是简单的单词，如boy，girl，do，so等，也可以是派生词的词根，如im-polite，self-ish等自由词素具有较强的构词能力 粘附词素 (bound morpheme)是指没有完整意义不能独立使用的词素粘附词素只表示一种附加意义或语法意义，这种词素不能单独存在和使用，只有粘附在其他词素(主要是自由词素)上才能表示出它的意义粘附词素的主要功能是在构词中充当词缀，如unfriendliness中的un-，-ly，-ness等 3.Finite clauses and infinite clauses (限定性分句与非限定性分句,定义参见下面的简答题部分) 注意这里分句的概念与传统语法的区别，特别是非限定性分句。
Finite Clauses (1)名词性分句 What he said was incredible. (2)关系分句 This is one of the best books I‟ve ever read. (3)状语分句 If I were in your shoes, I wouldn‟t quit. 1 Non-finite clauses： (1) 非限定性名词性分句： She didn‟t know what to say． (2)非限定性关系分句： The man standing by the window is her brother. (3) 非限定性状语分句： Published ten years ago，this is still the best dictionary． 二、 重要概念 1. morpheme (参见第一部分测试题) 2. parsing：Breaking a sentence into smaller components for analysis and then grouping them into various classes in a systematic way. 把一个句子中的各种词按语法范畴给出名称一如主语、宾语、动词、性、数、格等一叫做句子成分分析(parsing)。
3. Define the complex sentence The complex sentence is a sentence that contains more than one clause that are joined together by subordinating one to another．[复杂句是用 从属连词(如if, when, though等)连接的一个以上分句的句子.] 三、 典型考题 I. 选择题 1. There are ( ) morphemes in “gunfighter”. A. two B. three C. four D. one 2. In “He downed his beer and punched me on the nose. ” “downed” belongs to ( ) . (P13) A. backformation B. clipping C. conversion D. blending 3. Suffixes basically change ( ) . A. word meaning B. word class C. nothing D. word formation 4. The prefix“uni-” means ( ) . A. without B. self C. false D. one Key: 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. D II. 简答题 1. In terms of which three factors are words classified? The three factors are: the environment where words occur, their internal structure and their meaning. 2. Define the finite clauses and the non-finite clauses. The finite clauses are the ones that have subjects and finite verbs as predicates．The non-finite clauses are the ones that leave subjects unsaid and verbs in non-finite forms．(限定分句是主语加限定动词作谓语的 分句。
非限定分句是省略主语而动词以非限定形式出现(主语省略是因为其前面或 后面已有主语) Chapter 2 Sentence Types 2 (第二章 句子类型) 一、 难点、重点 1．英语句子四大类型为陈述句，疑问句，祈使句和感叹句；这四种句型分别表示提供信息，寻求信息，要求动作进行和表达说话者的情感. 1. Explain the conditions in which we need to use non-assertive words in positive statements and assertive words in questions. (解释在肯定句中使用非肯定词和在疑问句中使用肯定句的情况) When a positive answer is expected, assertive words can be used in questions, such as: Would you like some more coffee? Is somebody waiting for me? And in affirmative sentences in which there are negative import, if-clauses, putative should-clauses, and comparative clauses, non-assertive words can be used, such as: He is too young to take any job. If anyone calls me at this moment, it must be Xiao Zhang. It‟s odd that the hero should say anything like that. He‟s better than anyone else in this company. 疑问句中如期望肯定回答,可用肯定词，在含有带否定含义的词，If-分句,should 推定分句,比较分句中也可用非肯定词. 3．Explain the difference between a tag question with a final rising tone and one with a final falling tone．(解释附加疑问句结尾升调与降调的区别。
) With a rising tone，the question expresses the speaker‟s neutral expectation of the hearer‟s response and invites the hearer to verify the truth of the proposition in the statement．With a falling tone，the speaker asks for the hearer‟s confirmation of the statement．It can be regarded as similar to an exclamation．(念升调，附加疑问句的说话者对对方 的回答不是很确定；念降调，说话者期望对方证实他的陈述，有点类似于感叹句) Examples: Lovely weather, isn‟t it? (Seeing the student‟s ID) You are a student, aren‟t you? 以上两句，都应该念降调 另外，在附加疑问句中，HAVE一词也是常考的重点： You have heard me, haven‟t you? (Auxiliary „have‟) Mary has to live on her own, doesn‟t she? Tom has coffee with milk, doesn‟t he? (In the sense of „possess‟, „own‟, etc.) You have a big house, don‟t / haven‟t you? 4．Commands 1) Be patient. (Command) 2) You be patient. (Emphatic effect, or to light a contra。