Metalanguage Flashcards
Active voice
A subject is at the start of a sentence, and is the focus
Adjective
Words describing nouns by giving more information about them
Affix
Graphemes or lexemes attached to a root word
Angles
Were one of the main Germanic tribes settled in great Britain
Anglo-Saxon
Descendants of the main tribes, Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
archaism
Word/Style that is old or out of fashion
assimilation
where sounds in separate words change when they are put together in speech
Auxillary verb
A verb that changes or helps another verb
Beowulf
An important text that helps readers understand old English and its development into modern English. Not only that but also the anglo-saxon cultural values.
bible
Within the Western regions, the translations of English of the Bible have a great influence on the English language
borrowing
words borrowed/taken from other dialects
Celtic Britons
code switching
switching from one language variety to another
codification
The process of describing and consolidating the standard language usage in dictionaries, grammar books, textbooks, etc.
conjunction
a word to connect sentences to coordinate words in the same clause
