Structure in English Flashcards
Use to state precisely the meaning of words, term or etc. It is use to describe the nature, properties, or essential qualities
Definition
It is the ideas/requirements on which a judgement, evaluation, or selection is biased.
Criteria
It is formed using sounds and letters
Words
It is also known as stock knowledge
Vocabulary
It is called the “kaalaman” or mastery
Proficiency
It is the fundamental aspects of linguistics that explores how new words are created within a new language
Word Formation
It is formed with a process
Words
Tends to add affixation, prefix, suffix, inffix
Derivation
Combining 2 words, but with distinct meaning
Compounding
Compounding has 2 types what is it?
Open compound
Close compound
Changing grammatical function of a word without adding any affixes
Conversion
What kind of word formation is this?
ex.
google (n) ————> to Google (v)
Conversion
Creating a new word from the 1st letters of a phrase
Acronym
What kind of word formation is this?
ex.
NASA (National Astronomics and Space Administration)
Acronym
Creating new words for the 1st letters of a phrase, but each letters are pronounced separately
Initialism
What kind of word formation is this?
ex. USA ( United States of America )
Initialism
Adapting words form other language
ex.
Kindergarten ——>borrowed from Spanish
Yaya——->Philippines–>borrowed by other country
Borrowing
Imitating sounds from nature
ex.
Animal sounds
Onomatopea
Repeating words
ex.
byebye, nightnight
Reduplication
Words created for specific occasion or purpose and not intended for general
ex.
slurpee, fantabulous
Nounce words
Words created by mistake or misunderstanding
ex.
Wrong spelling, mispronunciation
Error
Creating new words entirely
ex.
blog, google, selfie
Coinage/ coining
Words derived from a name of a person/place
ex.
Sandwich ( Earl of Sandwich)
Boycott ( Captain Charles Boycott)
Eponym
Cutting a part of a word
ex.
flue ( influenza)
inc ( incorporation)
Clipping
It is the building blocks of a language, it identifies the name of something
Nouns
There are 4 types of Nouns ?
Common nouns
Proper nouns
Concrete nouns
Abstract nouns
It represents general ideas of things
ex.
students, teachers, nations, county
Common nouns
Specific names of things, it’s starts with a capital letter.
ex.
Google, EDC, Mona Lisa, Titanic
Proper nouns
Cemented, or can be perceive by our senses. Things that is “tangible”
Concrete nouns
Refers to the ideas, feelings that cannot be perceive by our senses .
“Intangible” concepts
Abstract nouns
It is the combination of 2 nouns or adjective + noun
ex. rain + bow = rainbow
Compound nouns
2 separated words but one meaning only
ex.
ice cream
Open or space
It is the idea of hypening the words
ex.
well -being, mother in-law
Hyphenated
Words are joined together
ex. Superman
closed or solid
