1st ( 2 Topics Language and Parts Of Speech) Flashcards
Types of Grammar:
Descriptive Grammar and Prescriptive Grammar
Language in context; usage.
Descriptive Grammar
Language based on rules.
Prescriptive Grammar
Deals with the systematic study of sounds.
Phonology/ponolohiya
Deals with the study of word formation.
Morphology/morpolohiya
Deals with the arrangements of word formation.
Syntax/ sintax
Deals with the meaning of a text.
Semantics
Is the smallest meaningful unit in sound.l (/b/)
Phoneme/ponema
Is the smallest meaningful unit in writing system (b).
Grapheme
The building blocks of language.
Parts of speech
They function to explain usage of word in a sentence.
Parts of speech
Open Class - noun, verb, adjective, adverb, interjection.
Content words
Closed Class- Pronoun, Preposition, Conjunction, article
Function Words
A word used to name a person, place, thing, state or quality.
Nouns
What are the kinds of noun:
- Proper noun
- Common noun
- Collective noun
- Mass noun
- Concrete noun
- Abstract noun
Nouns are specific. Their first letters are capitalized.
Proper nouns