A1 Flashcards
Category
Subset of words that have enough similarities to organize them as a relevant syntactic group
Parts of speech
another term for category
anti-universalities
the view that lang. can be fundamentally different in their syntax
open categories
the group of syntactic categories in which new members are constantly being added
closed categories
the group of syntactic categories whose membership is more or less fixed
determiner
a closed-class category that help narrow down the reference of nouns by providing information about definiteness and simlici
degree words
a closed-class category used to express gradation (e.g. too, very, quite)
Auxiliary verb
a closed-class category that consists of items which have minimal semantic content but their meanings are diff. to define and their primary purpose is to encode TAM-related information
Modal auxiliaries
A closed-category that denote notions relating to possibility, probability, permission, obligation, and the like.
Distributional properties
the type of elements with which a word can co-occur with
noun
an open syntactic category that can occur with markers of definiteness and specificity such as determiners and it usually denotes entities
verb
an open category that can occur with tense, aspect, and modality marking, as expressed by auxiliary verbs and/or inflection.
it usually denotes properties
adjective
an open category that can occur with degree marking, such as degree words.
