LING1111 - parts of speech Flashcards
Syntax (distributional)
The study of the principles governing how words can be built into sentences, phrases, et cetera
Morphology
The study of the principles that govern internal form of words.
Syntactic Categories
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, adverbs, conjunctions, et cetera
Affixes
Occur at the end of a word: Suffixes (-ness, -ation)
Occur at the beginning of a word: Prefixes
(morphology) -ness and -ation is ?
Is a typical noun suffix
(morphology) The plural ending is?
Is typical of nouns
(morphology) - (e.g. girl’s, car’s) possessive/genitive ending is?
Is typical of nouns
(distribution) Determiners: the, a, this, these, that, those - is a test for?
Lots of nouns can follow determiners: the car, a bus, that assassination
(distribution) - The/a(n)___ - if you can insert a word into the blank space, you have evidence that the word in question is?
a noun
(distribution) Nouns can also be preceded by?
adjectives. E.g. nice, difficult, strong - a nice problem, a difficult crossword, the strong box
Adjective morphology tests?
Can word X be used in a comparative form by adding -er or preceding it by ‘more’ (e.g. X-er, more X)
Adjectives distribution tests?
Can word X be positioned between a determiner and a noun? (e.g the X book, a(n) X student).
(the short book) or (a clever student)
Verb morphology tests?
Can word X take a suffix for present or past tense (e.g. X-s, X-ed)
Verb distribution tests?
Can word X be combined with a modal? (e.g can X, should X)
adverb morphology test?
Does X have an -ly suffix (e.g X-ly)
