Ответы на теоретические вопросы к государственному экзамену по английскому языку

Functional styles of English.
Phonetic Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices
Lexical expressive means.
Syntactical expressive means.
Parts of speech.
General characteristics and morphological categories of noun.
General characteristics and morphological categories of verbs.
Simple sentence.
Complex sentence
Types of meaning and the semantic structure of words
Semantic Change
Kinds of lexical collocations. Proverbs, clichés, catch phrases.
Types of word-building.
Etymological classification of the English vocabulary. Periods of lexical borrowings, their assimilation in the English language.
Chronological divisions in the history of English
Linguistic features of Germanic languages
OE general characteristics (inner and outer history)
Middle English (1066 - 1500 CE)
New English
Phonetic as a science. General characteristics of the English phonological system.
The system of English consonants.
The system of English vowels.
Syllable structure and words stress in the English language.
Intonation. Types of intonation patterns in the English language.
Components of intonation and the structure of English tone-group.