The Expression of Noun-Phrase Grammatical Definition in the Corpus of Lithuanians Learning the French Language

The study of French definition is important from the point of view of linguadidactics and linguistics. It analyzes the difficulties which Lithuanian learners face while studying the French language. The Lithuanian and French languages use different ways to express definition. The aim of this paper is to analyze the peculiarities of noun-phrase grammatical definition usage by Lithuanians learning French in their written language, as well as to evaluate its influece on the quality of their written language. The paper overviews the notion of definition, its types, the ways of expressing it in Lithuanian and French. More attention is paid to definition as noun-phrase grammatical category, which is important for reference coordination.The paper also presents the analysis of noun-phrase grammatical definition in the written works of the French language final examination