Metalanguage Flashcards

1
Q

Active Voice

A

Follows a:
agent/ subject+verb+object
word order

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Elision

A

omission or loss of a sound(s)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Addition/Insertion

A

sound segments appear where they previously didn’t

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

assimilation

A

Sounds change depending on the company they keep/ process where sounds become similar to neighbors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

stem

A

a morpheme that can stand alone and represents the core meaning of a word

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

prefix

A

a morpheme attached to the front of a word

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

suffix

A

a morpheme that attaches to the end of a stem

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

free morpheme

A

a unit of meaning that can stand alone as a word

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

bound morpheme

A

a unit of meaning which must be attached to another morpheme to make a word

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

inflectional morpheme

A

morphemes that change the grammar pf a word (number, tense)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

derivational morpheme

A

changes the meaning or word class of a word (-ing, -able)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

open class word

A

readily accept new words

nouns, verbs, adjective, adverbs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

closed class words

A

do not readily accept new words
(preposition, conjunction,
determiner, pronouns)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

non-finite verb

A

infinitive or participle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

finite verb

A

shows tense, person, number

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

independent clause

A

can stand alone as a sentence

17
Q

subordinate/dependent clause

A

cannot stand alone

18
Q

simple sentence

A

Is made up of a main clause

19
Q

compound sentence

A

made up of 2 independent clauses which are joined by a coordinating conjunction or : , ;

20
Q

complex sentence

A

made up of a independent clause with 1 or more subordinate clauses joined with a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun (e.g who)

21
Q

subject

A

the person or thing the sentences is about

22
Q

predicate

A

what is written about or said about the subject

23
Q

phrase

A

a group of related words

24
Q

clause

A

a group of related words containing a subject and predicate

25
ellipses
deletion of grammatical items within a sentence
26
fragment
phrase or clause which is not a complete grammatical sentence but is treated as if it were
27
how to identify a dependent clause
subordinating conjuctions, relative clauses (who, that, which) and non-finite verbs
28
transative verb
takes a direct object (We are eating food)
29
Instransative verb
takes no object (My family are eating)
30
copular verb
joins a complement or an adjective to the subject of the sentence (I am the teacher)
31
passive voice
subject+auxilliary+'to be'+verb+agent | order
32
agentless passive
subject+auxilliary+verb
33
coordinating conjunction
FANBOYS