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21 Cards in this Set
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morpheme
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the smallest unit with grammatical meaning
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morphology
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forming words from the smaller units (morphemes)
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linguistic rank scale
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the relationship between levels of language
left: smaller units e.g morphemes and lexical items right:sentances and utterances |
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prescriptive attitude
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how we are expected to speak e.g standard english
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descriptive approach
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foccuses on how landuage is actually used and spoken in real life
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noun phrases
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a a group of words structured around a head noun
e.g the times summer seat -by adding another noun to the head/main noun the noun doesnt sound right on its own or as tgough its describing the same thing |
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pre-modification
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an adjective
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post modification
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a qualifier after the head noun
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qualifier
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further information to complete sentence/phrase
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constituent structure
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the key components of a phrase
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modifier
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usually a noun or an ajective that gives more description to the noun. e.g pretty noisy
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prepositional phrase
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a phrase consisting of a preposition and an added noun phrase
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main verb
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a verb with detasils of the main process
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auxillary verb
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a verb helping or supprting another
often shows tense or modality |
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negating particle
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a word that forms negative views e.g not dont etc
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obligatory component
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necessary part of a verb phrase
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optional component
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an additional part of a verb phrase
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primary auxillary
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denotes tense change e.g do be have etc
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modal auxillary verb
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never used on its own. expresses possibility probability certainty necessity or obligation
e.g will can may could would etc |
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semi-auxillary
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a combination of primary auxillary and another verb part
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catenative
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a verb that attaches to another to form as chain
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