Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Grammatical Categories
|
a group of words that share grammatical properties, such as noun, verb, or adjective
|
|
|
syntactic categories
|
a group of words that share grammatical properties, such as noun, verb, or adjective
|
|
|
lexeme
|
word
|
|
|
lexical ambiguity
|
ambiguity that applies to words having more than one meaning
ex - bank can mean a place that holds money or a part of a river |
|
|
syntactic ambiguity
|
multiple meanings that have grammatical rather than lexical origins
ex - bank can be a verb (Where do you bank?) or a noun (I went to the bank) |
|
|
functional ambiguity
|
ambiguity that applies to words having more than one meaning
ex - bank can mean a place that holds money or a part of a river |
|
|
categorical ambiguity
|
multiple meanings that have grammatical rather than lexical origins
ex - bank can be a verb (Where do you bank?) or a noun (I went to the bank |
|
|
morphology
|
the structure of words, can be used to define the syntactic categories of words
|
|
|
morpheme
|
the smallest unit of language with meaning
|
|
|
free morpheme
|
a morpheme that can occur by itself, especially in a larger context such as a phrase or a sentence
|
|
|
bound morpheme
|
a morpheme that is not free, must be put with a free morpheme to make sense
|
|
|
affix
|
a bound morpheme
|
|
|
derivational morpheme
|
will change the part of speech, the meaning, or both
|
|
|
inflectional morpheme
|
changes the grammar of the word
8 in English, listed pg 27 |
|
|
morphological context
|
an affix that a free morpheme of a certain category may occur with to form a word
ex - ____ing words |
|
|
syntactic context
|
a word of grammatical category with which a word belonging to a certain syntactic category may occur to form a phrase
ex - the _____ (common nouns) *what words are around it? |
|
|
form classes
|
have semantic meaning
noun, verb,adjective, etc |
|
|
structure classes
|
have a functional meaning
auxiliary verbs, prepositions, etc |
|
|
inflect
|
change a words form in order to express something grammatical
|
|
|
lexeme
|
the set of all possible inflections of a word
|
