Grammar And Semantics Flashcards
What is the general approach to grammar?
Grammar Subsumes all aspects of sentence patterning including phonology, semantics and syntax
What is the traditional approach to grammar?
Grammar is presented as one branch of a language structure, distinct from phonology and semantics.
What is a derivation morpheme?
A major process of word formation especially using affixes to produce words.
What’s an inflectional morpheme?
An affix that signals a grammatical relationship eg. Tenses
Define syntax
The way in which words are organised to show relationship of meaning within a sentence.
Define adverb
Modifies anything other than a noun
What’s the differncnce between a coordinate clause and a subordinate clause.
Coordinate clause - linking of two units that have the same grammatical status
Subordinate clause - dependence on one grammatical unit upon another
What are phrases called a)with a grammatical head b) without a grammatical head ?
With head = endocentric
Without head = exocentric
What’s the diagram called that displays sentence structure?
Immediate constitute diagram
What is hyponymy ?
Notion that x is a kind if y
What is incompatibility?
Mutually exclusive members of a category
What is a polysemy?
Where a lexeme has more than one meaning?
What is homonymy ?
Two lexemes have the same form
What is a homophones?
Same pronunciation but different spellings
What is a homograph?
Have the same spelling but different pronunciation
