Lexicology

Question 1

Word class

Answer 1

Groups of words that share features in grammar

Question 2

Noun

Answer 2

Words that name people, places or things

Question 3

Pronoun

Answer 3

Short words that can replace nouns in a sentence

Question 4

Verb

Answer 4

Denote actions, processes and states

Question 5

Auxiliary Verb

Answer 5

verbs that modify and change some aspect of a main verb

Question 6

Modal verb

Answer 6

CSWM Made up of nine words: “Can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might and must”

Question 7

Adjective

Answer 7

Define or modify nouns. Can refer to qualities, size, judgement or degree of comparrison.

Question 8

Adverb

Answer 8

Modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs

Question 9

Preposition

Answer 9

Show the relationship between nouns and other words in a sentence. Position things in time or place

Question 10

Subordinating Conjuction

Answer 10

Can only join clauses together “become, since, if”

Question 11

Coordinating Conjunction

Answer 11

Can link words, phrases and clause together. FANBOYS- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Question 12

Determiners

Answer 12

Introduce noun phrases and function or modifiers

Question 13

Interjections

Answer 13

Words

Question 14

Nominalisation

Answer 14

Occurs when a noun is created from a word from any other word class

Question 15

Word formation process

Answer 15

How new words are created

Question 16

Neologism

Answer 16

term given to a newly coined term, expression or usage

Question 17

Borrowing

Answer 17

When words are taken from other languages

Question 18

Commonisation

Answer 18

Proper nouns becoming everyday common words

Question 19

Word Loss

Answer 19

Words going out of common usage

Question 20

Archaism

Answer 20

Words that are no longer in use in common speech