grammar, morphology and sentences Flashcards

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what does a simple sentence contain
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one clause, single main verb and a subject, object, complement, adverbial (some or all)

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what does a compound sentence contain

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two or more simple sentences joined by a coordinating conjunction each with their own importance

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what are the four sentence functions

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declarative
interrogative
imperative
exclamatory

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what is morphology

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study of structure of words, how root words become pluralised, change tenses, change word class

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what are affixes

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added to a root word
can be prefix or suffix

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types of affixes

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inflectional-indicate a plural, possession or tense (run runs ran runner)
derivational-create new words (hotter hottest and hotly)

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what does grammatical cohesion include

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reference, identification, ellipsis and conjunction

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what is identification

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use of determiner such as the to refer to a noun that had been previously mentioned ( a ship arrived i pointed out the ship)

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what is anaphoric and cataphoric reference?

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anaphoric- use a pronoun to refer back to something thats been established
cataphoric- use a pronoun to refer back to something yet to be established

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what is ellipsis

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elements omitted from a sentence ( a biit of a mess instead of it was a bit of a mess)

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