Linguistics

Question 1

Auxiliary verb

Answer 1

Verb adds functional/grammatical meaning to a clause

I have finished my lunch

Question 2

Intransitive verb

Answer 2

Does not have direct object

Question 3

Transitive verb

Answer 3

Does have direct object

Question 4

Copular verbs

Answer 4

Link a description (predicate adjective or noun) to subject

Josh remained a reliable friend

Question 5

Morpheme

Answer 5

the smallest meaningful constituent of a linguistic expression (includes affixes in English)

Question 6

Nominative case

Answer 6

Generally the subject of a verb

Question 7

Dative case

Answer 7

Recipient or beneficiary of an action

Question 8

Accusative case

Answer 8

used to receive the direct object of a transitive verb
Ex: Fred greeted her, as opposed to she greeted Fred

Question 9

Genitive case

Answer 9

marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun
Ex: men of Rome, Janet’s drink

Question 10

acute diacritic

Answer 10

⟨á⟩

Question 11

grave

Answer 11

à

Question 12

Circumflex diacritix

Answer 12

â

Question 13

Umlaut diacritic

Answer 13

ä

Question 14

Undercomma diacritic

Answer 14

ş

Question 15

Overring diacritic

Answer 15

å