Building Blocks of English Flashcards
What is a word?
A word is a speech sound or series of speech sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning usually without being divisible into smaller units capable of independent use.
What is a phrase?
A phrase is a group of words that convey a concept without standing alone as a full thought.
What is a clause?
a group of words containing a subject and predicate and functioning as a member of a complex or compound sentence
What is syntax?
The way in which linguistic elements (such as words) are put together to form constituents (such as phrases or clauses)
noun
Origin: to arrange (together)
What is a term?
A word or expression that has a precise meaning in some uses or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or subject.
Example: legal terms.
What does ‘in terms of’ mean?
With respect to or in relation to.
Example: thinks of everything in terms of money.
What does ‘on one’s own terms’ mean?
In accordance with one’s wishes; in one’s own way.
Example: prefers to live on his own terms.
What is the definition of ‘term’ as a verb?
To apply a term to.
What is a phrase?
A group of words without a subject-verb pair.
What is an epithet?
Any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality.
Example: ‘Richard the Lion-Hearted’ is an epithet of Richard I.
What is a characterizing word or phrase?
A word or phrase firmly associated with a person or thing and often used in place of an actual name.
What is semantics?
The study of meanings.
