Gramatical and lexical analysis

UDC – FACULDADE DINÂMICA DAS CATARATAS
LETRAS – PORTUGUÊS/INGLÊS
ATIVIDADES PRÁTICAS III

GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS
&
LEXICAL ANALYSIS

FLAVIO RAMOS
EDGAR CRUZ
MARIA ZILDA JARDIM
ROBERTO LEAL

FOZ DO IGUAÇU
2009
ÍNDICE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS

III. LEXICAL ANALYSIS

IV. CONCLUSION

V. REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION

The work of grammatical and lexical analysis lead the academics to a deeper research. The purpose was analyse twenty examples about the grammar and twenty-five examples about the lexical of a specific chapter of the book the last of the mohicans. In the lexical analysis was need to find out five phrasal verbs, five collocations, five lexical sets, five synomys and five antonyms (if all of these were in the same chapter).

The class was devided in some groups with four or three students in each. Each group was supposed to show the analysis that was done for the whole class.

I – Grammatical analysis
1 – “Uncas was not afraid.” Page: 44 Line: 01

Past simple (in negative form)

Use: feelings and states

Form: verb to be in simple past + auxiliary of the negative form.

2 – “Duncan walked through the village.” Page: 44 Line: 06

Past simple

Use: action in the past

Form: verb + ed

3 – “But Duncan did not find Alice and Cora.” Page: 44 Line: 08

Past simple (in negative form)

Use: action in the past

Form: Auxiliary of the past + auxiliary of the negative form + verb in bare infinitive

4 – “Uncas was standing and the chiefs were sitting.” Page: 44 Line: 10

Past continuous

Use: an activity in progress at a particular time in the past

Form: to be in the past + verb in bare infinitive + ING

Obs: When the verb ends with C + V + C the last letter must