morphology and lexicology Flashcards
morphology
the study of the structure of words
lexicology
the language/vocabulary
suffixation
creating colloquial words by shortening them and adding suffixes
1. comment on when talking about register
2. can be connected to situational context
e.g. politicians–pollies
tradesmen–tradies
word class
- nouns
- adjectives
- adverbs
- verbs
- Auxiliary verbs
- Modal verbs
- determiners
- pronouns
- prepositions
- interjection
- conjunctions
function words
function words exist to perform a job to convey grammatical relationships between words in a sentence
1. determiners
2. auxiliary verbs
3. modal verbs
4. prepositions
5.pronouns
6. conjunctions
7. interjections
nouns
- proper nouns (names)
- common nouns (concrete or abstract)
- collective nouns (names of groups)
- plural nouns (add s or es)
adjectives
define or modify nouns. they provide additional information
adverbs
they can modify verbs adjectives and other adverbs
-mostly end in ly
-they answer how, how often, where, how much, when?
verbs
denote actions, processes and states.
Auxiliary verbs
helping verbs, to be , to have, to do
modal verbs
can could shall should…they carry information to do with notions such as ability, permission, likelihood and obligation
determiners
they introduce noun phrases and function as modifiers
-a, an, the, my, yours, this, that…
pronouns
short words that can replace nouns, i me my mine you your yours…..
prepositions
they position things in place or time or describe the manner in which an action is performed
e.g. where is the dog? UNDER the desk, BEHIND the couch, IN the room
neologism
newly coined words, expression or wage
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