METALANGUAGE : Morphology & Lexicology Flashcards
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Word Class: Nouns
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Word Class: Verbs
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Word Class: Auxiliary Verbs
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Precede verbs and are used to change meaning of the main verb
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Word Class: Modal Verbs
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Word Class: Adjectives
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Word Class: Adverbs
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Word Class: Prepositions
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Word Class: Pronouns
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Word Class: Conjunctions
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Word Class: Determiners
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Word Class: Interjections
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12
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Function Words
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A word that carries grammatical meaning only
e.g pronouns, prepositions and conjunctions
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Content Words
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14
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Affix
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A bound morpheme added to the root of a new word. Also can express grammatical relationship such as plural
e.g ‘-un’ and ‘-able’ as in un+mistake+able, plural: cat+s
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Affix: Prefix
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An affix that occurs before a root word
e.g sub-standard, pre-cooked, un-believable
