Grammar Flashcards
1
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Grammar
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The organisation of language
2
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Prescriptivist
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Someone who focuses on the rules of Grammar and believes in the correct and incorrect
3
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Descriptivist
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Someone who focuses more on how language is actually used
4
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Morphology
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Study of word formation
5
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Syntax
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How lexical words are ordered into phrases, clauses and sentences
6
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Morphemes
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An element of meaning smaller than a word
7
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Root
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Most basic part of a word (no prefixes or suffixes)
8
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Prefix
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A morpheme placed before another
9
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Suffix
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A morpheme placed after another
10
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Inflectional function
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When an affix changes the grammatical function of the word but not the meaning
11
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Derivations function
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When an affix creates a new word with a new meaning
