DISTRIBUTIONAL DEFINITIONS & FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES

Question 1

After determiners
After adjectives
Following prepositions
Subject OR Direct object in a sentence
Negated by NO

Answer 1

NOUNS

Question 2

Following an element of the category T
Following subjects (in S-V languages)
Can follow adverbs
Can be negated with NOT

Answer 2

VERBS

Question 3

Between determiners and nouns
Following auxiliary “to be”
Can be modified with “very”
Negated by UN-

Answer 3

ADJECTIVES

Question 4

Can appear anywhere else other than between a determiner and noun (complementary distribution with adjectives)
Cannot appear after “is” (would split an infinitive)
Can appear at the beginning or end of a sentence (clause / TP)
Modified by adverb “very”

Answer 4

ADVERBS

Question 5

Derivational: Adverb forming suffixes (-ly)

No inflectional suffixes but can be used comparatively and follow “more”

Answer 5

ADVERBS

Question 6

Derivational: adjective-forming suffixes

Inflectional: comparative & superlative forms

Answer 6

ADJECTIVES

Question 7

Derivational: Verb-forming suffixes

Inflectional: tense markings

Answer 7

VERBS

Question 8

Derivational: Noun-forming suffixes

Inflectional: plural markings

Answer 8

NOUNS

Question 9

Appear before nouns

Answer 9

PREPOSITIONS

Question 10

To, from, under, over, with, by, at, above, before, after, through, near, on, off, for, in, into, of, during, across, without

Answer 10

PREPOSITIONS

Question 11

this, that, these, those

Answer 11

DETERMINERS - DEICTICS