Lang level 2 - Grammar

Question 1

Morphology?

Answer 1

Study of word formation

Question 2

Morpheme?

Answer 2

The smallest version of a word that makes sense

Question 3

Root morpheme?

Answer 3

Health

Question 4

Suffixes - morpheme?

Answer 4

Healthily (post modified)

Question 5

Prefixes - morpheme?

Answer 5

Unhealthily (pre modified)

Question 6

Syntax?

Answer 6

Study of words forming larger structures (e.g. phrases)

Question 7

Verb/noun phrase?

Answer 7

A group of words built around a head verb/noun

Question 8

Modal auxiliary verbs?

Answer 8

Show likely hood or amount of commitment (I will/I could/I might)

Question 9

Clause?

Answer 9

A group of words centered around a verb phrase

Question 10

Subject?

Answer 10

Key focus of the clause (John ate the burger)

Question 11

Object?

Answer 11

Thing being acted on the clause (John ate THE BURGER)

Question 12

Agent?

Answer 12

Who/what is doing the the action in the sentence (JOHN ate the burger)

Question 13

Active voice?

Answer 13

The agent is placed in the subject position

Question 14

Passive voice?

Answer 14

The agent is missed out or placed later in the clause

Question 15

Orthographic sentences?

Answer 15

A sentence with a capital and full stop but without a verb (Nothing.)

Question 16

Modal lexical verbs?

Answer 16

Like/hope/believe

Question 17

Modal adjectives?

Answer 17

Sure/certain/doubtful

Question 18

Modal adverbs?

Answer 18

Perhaps/possibly/maybe

Question 19

Modal tags?

Answer 19

I guess

Question 20

Deontic modality?

Answer 20

Highlights obligation/necessity (you must/necessary)

Question 21

Boulomaic modality?

Answer 21

Highlights aspects of desire (I hope/hopefully)

Question 22

Epistemic modality?

Answer 22

Highlights degrees of belief (I think/you might)

Question 23

Negative shading?

Answer 23

Constant use of epistemic to show uncertainty

Question 24

Positive shading?

Answer 24

Constant of us of one or all 3 types of modality to show certainty

Question 25

Neutral shading?

Answer 25

Flat narrative with little moralised expressions

Question 26

Modal paradox?

Answer 26

Idea that we only say we are certain when we are not (I’m sure I turned the light off, I definitely did, I know it)