Language Model Flashcards
2 types of morphemes
Free and Bound
2 types of Bound morphemes
Derivational - changes meaning drastically (un-, -able, mis-)
Inflectional - changes meaning slightly (-ing, -ed)
what is a count noun
nouns that can be counted
ex: dog, cat, book
what is a mass noun
nouns that require a container
ex: milk, water, gas
what are the 5 pronoun types
- demonstrative….a specific referent, this
- relative……………refers to who, which, that
- interrogative……asks ? who, what which
- personal…………#, case, personal
- indefinite………..general referent, someone
Form words include
- nouns
- pronouns
- verbs
- adjectives
- adverbs
a pronoun is classified by
number, case and person
finite and non-finite are
verbs
copula, auxillary and lexical are considered
finite verbs
what is a copula
linking verb
only verb in the clause;
can be followed by a noun, adjective, or where (is, are, was, were, etc)
a helping verb followed by another verb is
an auxiliary
Ex: have, be, do, modals
a traditional verb that adds content to the sentence
lexical verb
a verb that does not function as a verb;
but acts like a noun or adjective
non-finite verb. (PIG)
Particle, infinitive, gerund
3 types of non-finite verbs
participle, acts like a verb; disgusting
infinitive, “to + verb”. To run, to eat
gerund, looks like a verb (-ing) and acts like a noun; barking, swimming
what type of adjective is an article
A, an, the
determiner
an adjective that indicates which one;
Ex. this, that, those
demonstrative
an adjective determiner that shows possession and is followed by a noun
genitive articles;
Ex. (my, theirs, her, his)
an ordinal adjective tells
the order (first, second; one, two, three)
any, each, much, and some are what type of adjectives?
quantifiers and qualifiers
what 4 things describe adverbs
- adds information to the verb
- end in -ly most of the time
- tells time, place, manner, degree, condition
- describes the adjectives
what are the 3 types of structure words
prepositions, interjections, conjunctions
words that show a spatial or temporal change
prepositions
interjections are words
that have no function but are instered for emphasis (oh, wow, like)
words that do not inflect or change their form
structure words
