Tema 13 Oposiciones Inglés Eoi

UNIT 13 THE EXPRESSION OF QUANTITY
OUTLINE 1. INTRODUCTION. 1.1. Aims of the unit. 1.2. Notes on bibliography. 2. A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE NOTION OF QUANTITY. 2.1. Linguistic levels involved in the notion of quantity. 2.2. On defining quantity: what and how. 2.3. Grammar categories: open vs. closed classes. 3. THE EXPRESSION OF QUANTITY. 4. REGARDING NUMBER. 4.1. In nouns. 4.1.1. Singularvs. plural. 4.1.2. Count vs. noncount. 4.2. In numerals. 4.3. In pronouns. 4.3.1. Specific pronouns. 4.3.1.1. Central pronouns. 4.3.1.2. Relative pronouns. 4.3.1.3. Interrogative pronouns. 4.3.1.4. Demonstrative pronouns. 4.3.2. Indefinite pronouns. 4.3.2.1. Universal pronouns. 4.3.2.2. Partitive pronouns. 4.3.2.3. Quantifying pronouns. 5. REGARDING DETERMINERS. 5.1. Predeterminers. 5.2. Centraldeterminers. 5.3. Postdeterminers. 6. REGARDING PARTITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS. 6.1. Of-partitives. 6.2. Quantity partition. 6.3. Quality partition. 7. REGARDING OTHER MEANS. 8. EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS. 9. CONCLUSION. 10. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 11. APPENDIX NOTES.

1. INTRODUCTION. 1.1. Aims of the unit. Unit 13, untitled The Expression of Quantity, is primarily intended to serve as an introduction to thedifferent ways of expressing quantity in English. In doing so, the study will be divided into six main chapters. Thus, Chapter 2 provides a theoretical framework for the notion of quantity within a grammar linguistic theory, in which some key terminology is defined in syntactic terms so as to prepare the reader for the descriptive account on quantity expressions in subsequent chapters. Chapter 3,then, is mainly introductory so as to present the notion of quantity regarding number, determiners, partitive constructions, and other means. The aim is to establish an introductory link to next section. Chapter 4, then, offers a descriptive account of the different ways of expressing amount by means of number (1) in nouns (singular vs. plural and countable vs. uncountable nouns), (2) numberals(cardinal, ordinal), and (3) pronouns, where a survey on specific and indefinite pronouns is provided in order to link it to next section, that is Chapter 5, on determiners. Once determiners are examined, Chapter 6 accounts for specific quantitative partitive constructions and Chapter 7 deals with other means of expressing quantity. Chapter 8 provides an educational framework for the expression ofquantity within our current school curriculum, and Chapter 9 draws a conclusion from all the points involved in this study. Finally, in Chapter 10, bibliography will be listed in alphabetical order. A final section, Chapter 11, includes appendix notes on the discussion.

1.2. Notes on bibliography. In order to offer an insightful analysis and survey on the expression of quantity in English, we shalldeal with the most relevant works in the field, both old and current, and in particular, influential grammar books which have assisted for years students of English as a foreign language in their study of grammar. For instance, a theoretical framework for the expression of quantity is namely drawn from the field of sentence analysis, that is, from the work of Flor Aarts and Jan Aarts (Universityof Nijmegen, Holland) in English Syntactic Structures (1988), whose material has been tested in the classroom and developed over a number of years; also, another essential work is that of Rodney Huddleston, English Grammar, An Outline (1988). Other classic references which offer an account of the most important and central grammatical constructions and categories in English regarding theexpression of quantity, are Quirk & Greenbaum, A University Grammar of English (1973); Thomson & Martinet, A Practical English Grammar (1986); and Greenbaum & Quirk, A Student’s Grammar of the English Language (1990). Current approaches to notional grammar and, therefore, the expression of quantity are Angela Downing and Philip Locke, A University Course in English Grammar (2002); Gerald Nelson,
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