HISTORICAL MORPHOLOGY TO HELP THE TEACHER OF PHILOLOGY: NOUN

The article deals with the role of historical morphology in the training of philology teachers. It is impossible to train a highly qualified teacher of philology without a course in historical grammar. For a teacher-philologist, studying this course in the system of philological training has not only practical, but also theoretical and general educational significance. The relevance of this study is precisely this. The purpose of the article is to analyse the historical morphological processes represented in the modern Ukrainian language and studied in general secondary education institutions, as well as to form professionally oriented skills in students as future specialists. To achieve this goal, the following tasks have been identified: 1) to single out from the modern Ukrainian language curricula those topics in morphology that require a diachronic, in-depth understanding of morphological phenomena or their consequences from the teacher of language; 2) to analyse those problematic (‘obscured’) issues that the teacher should actualise in preparation for the relevant lessons on morphology; 3) to make historical comments for mastering the modern Ukrainian literary morphological system, in particular the following topics: Division of nouns into cases and groups. Declension of nouns of the first declension. Declension of nouns of the second declension. Peculiarities of declension of masculine nouns in the genitive case. The letters -a (-ya), -u (-yu) in the endings of masculine nouns of the second declension. Declension of nouns of the third and fourth declensions. Nouns that have only plural forms. The gender of nouns. As a result of the research, the problem of training future language teachers who are obliged to learn the interconnection of linguistic phenomena, the laws of their origin and development has become more relevant. The study of the historical grammar of the Ukrainian language enables the future teacher to acquire systematic knowledge, to comprehend in a holistic manner those pre-Indo-European, pan-Slavic and Old Ukrainian laws of internal language development that have formed the morphological system of the modern Ukrainian language. The article presents recommendations for the interpretation of historical morphological processes and phenomena of the Ukrainian language in accordance with modern curricula. Key words: historical morphology, noun, morphological processes, teacher-philologist, system of the modern Ukrainian language, model curriculum, programme material.