Grammar Key Terms Flashcards
What is a derivational function?
It is the way that an affix helps form a new word by attaching itself to a root.
What is a noun phrase?
It is a group of words built around a noun.
What is a verb phrase?
It is a group of words built around a head (main) verb.
What is a head word?
It is the main noun in the phrase.
What is a pre-modifier?
It is a word that goes before the head noun to add detail or clarify some aspect of it.
What is a qualifier?
It is an additional word or phrase that adds some further detail to the noun.
What is a post modifier?
It is a word that comes after the head noun to add detail or clarify some aspect of it.
What is a primary auxiliary verb?
It is an auxiliary verb that joins with a main verb to show tense.
What is a modal auxiliary verb?
It is an auxiliary verb that joins with a main verb to show the degree of commitment towards an event or person that a speaker holds.
What is a clause?
It is a group of words centred around a verb phrase.
What is coordinated clause?
The joining of two main clauses in a sentence.
What is a subordinate clause?
The joining of two clauses that gives one clause (the main clause) more weighting than another clause (subordinate clause).
What is an adverbial clause?
A subordinate clause that functions as an adverbial.
What is a noun clause?
A subordinate clause that functions as a subject, object or complement.
What is the active voice?
An agent in subject position for prominence.
The verb phrase is in present or past tense.
What is the passive voice?
An agent omitted or placed later in the clause using a proposition phrase.
What is an orthographic sentence?
It is a sentence marked by a capital letter and a full stop but contains no verb.
What is an inflectional function?
It is the way that an affix shows a grammatical category such as a verb tense or a plural noun.
What is an affix?
It is the overall term for an addition to a toot to modify its meaning or create a new word.
What is a prefix?
A morpheme that goes before a root word to modify its meaning.
What is a suffix?
A morpheme that comes after a root word to modify its meaning.
What is a root?
It is a morpheme that can stand on its own and can usually form a word in its own right.
What is a word class?
It is a group of words that fulfil the same kind of role and function in speech and writing.
What is a noun?
It is a word that names a thing or concept.
What is a verb?
It is a word that shows a state of being, action or concept.
What is an adjective?
It is a word that modifies a noun.
What is an adverb?
It is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
What is an open word class?
It is a word class that is generally open to new words being introduced.
What is a closed word?
It is a word class that has only set words included and cannot add new ones.
What is a pronoun?
It is a word that substitutes for a noun.
What is a determiner?
It is a word that adds detail or clarity to a noun.
What is preposition?
It is a word that shows connections between other words often showing a sense of place or time.
What is a conjunction?
A word that connects larger structures such as phrases, clauses and sentences.
