Grammar Definitions

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a vowel gradation, i.e. it is the process by which the radical (stem) vowel in an irregular verb is changed from present to past tense (also, usually changes the past participle form).

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An ablaut

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The term ______ has two sense in grammar: 1) it is a nominal that has an implicational relationship to the sentence in which it is contained, but has no grammatical relationship (function); 2) it is condition in which there is no middle term, such as in suppletive forms of adverbs and adjectives and in the exclusive either/or correlative conjunction.

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Absolute

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__________takes an adverb that has been generated at the end of the sentence and moves it to the front of the sentence.

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Adverb movement

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_________is the process whereby a sentence pattern is reduced to a complex noun phrase.

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Complementation

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____________ is a word (morpheme) that acts as the subordinator in complementation.

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Complementizer

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A __________ is a coordinating conjunction that joins clauses and indicated the logical relationship between the clauses that it joins.

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Conjunctive adverb

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A __________ is a linking verb, in particular the "Be" verb

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Copula

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A ________ is a participle functioning as a noun, also described as a Ving form functioning as a noun.

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Gerund

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___________ is a classification of nouns (also adjectives) that is not gender specific.

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Grammatical gender

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The ___________ is the mood of command and is characterized by being headless (no stated subject) and using the infinitive stem of the verb.

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Imperative mood

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The ____________ is the mood of everyday discourse, with statements based on fact or the assumption of fact; it is also the only mood that can be fully conjugated in English.

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Indicative mood

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____________ has the same form for both singular and plural.

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Invariant noun:

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__________ is the smallest non-divisible part of a proposition.

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Nexus

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_________ is a nominal absolute with the internal structure of a noun phrase modified by a participle.

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Nominative absolute

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An ________ class admits new members

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Open class

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___________ is the removal of redundant information in an adjoining clause or sentence pattern up to the point of distinctiveness.

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Overlap deletion

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A __________ is formed using the preposition "of."

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Periphrastic Genitive

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_____________ means a process by which new members are admitted into a class.

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Productive

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A _______ pronoun is one that is juxtaposed to its head, introduces the relative clause, and has a syntactic function in the clause.

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Relative pronoun

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____________is the repetition of material unnecessarily.

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Redundancy

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The first mention of a nominal is a full reference: thereafter, it is pronominalized until a new reference intervenes.

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Rule of Pronominalization

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A _________ is one that modifies the entire sentence.

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Sentential adverb

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____________are nexal patterns in the language based on the internal structure involved in the formation of the verb phrase.

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Sentences patterns

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____________ is a short answer question formed by a subject/verb inversion and a change in the intonation pattern to a rising inflection.

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Tag question

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_____________________ types a are simple, complex, compound, and compound complex.

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Traditional grammatical sentence classification

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______ verb is an irregular verb, one that forms its past tense by affecting the pitch of the vowel in the verb stem.

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Strong verb

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____________ is a word that joins two clauses together and in the process makes the clause it introduces dependent (subordinate) by satisfying one of 10 subordinate conjunction functions.

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Subordinate conjunction

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______________ is the mood of doubting, cautious, contrary to fact, tentative, wish fulfillment statements or utterances.

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Subjunctive mood

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A __________ is an irregular form.

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Suppletive

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The term ________ means direct address.

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Vocative

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___________ is a regular verb, i.e., one that forms its past tense by adding a dental suffix to the stem.

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Weak verb

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A ____________ is a short answer question formed by a subject/verb inversion and a change in the intonation pattern to a rising inflection.

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Yes/no questions:

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___________is an auxiliary verb that satisfies the formula
{Be/Have} X to.

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A periphrastic modal