SYNTAX VOCAB Flashcards
RANDOS
NO RANDOM STRANGERS
PERCOLATING
TO CAUSE(A SOLVENT) TO PASS THROUGH A PERMEABLE SUBSTANCE.
SKETCH
SOMEONE WHO IS HARD TO FIGURE OUT.
CREEP
A SNEAKY THIEF, CHEATING LOVER, OR DESPICABLE PERSON.
FACEBOOK STALK
EXCESSIVELY OR SURREPTITIOUSLY PERUSE ANOTHER’S FB PROFILE.
SURREPTITIOUSLY
IN A WAY THAT ATTEMPTS TO AVOID NOTICE OR ATTENTION, SECRETIVELY.
PERUSE
READ (SOMETHING) TYPICALLY IN A THOROUGH OR CAREFUL WAY.
SLANG
A TYPE OF LANGUAGE THAT CONSISTS OF WORDS AND PHRASES REGARDED AS VERY INFORMAL.
MISINTERPRET
INTERPRET SOMETHING OR SOMEONE WRONGLY.
SOCIAL INTERACTION
ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUALS.
SYNTAX
RULES CONCERNED WITH THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES.
GRAMMAR
THE COMPLETE SYSTEM OF PHONOLOGICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL SYNTACTIC, AND SEMANTIC INFORMATION AND RULES THAT SPEAKERS OF A GIVEN LANGUAGE POSSESS.
CONSTITUENTS
SYNTACTIC UNITS.
PHRASES
MORE SYNTAX SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY.
PRONOMINALISATION
THE SUBSTITUTION OF A CONSTITUENT BY A PRONOUN.
PRO-FORM
USED TO RE NAME PRONOUNS.
MOVEMENT
WHEN A STRING OF WORDS CAN BE MOVED TO OTHER SENTENTIAL POSITIONS.
COORDINATION TEST
IF 2 EXPRESSIONS CAN BE COORDINATED WITH AND THIS IS GOOD EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE CONSTITUENTS.
GAPPING
A 4TH SYNTACTIC TEST THAT WORKS WITH CERTAIN KINDS OF PHRASES.
SENTENCE FRAGMENT TEST
DISCUSSES POSSIBLE ANSWERS TO A QUESTION.
STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITY
DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS ARISE THROUGH DIFFERENT SENTENCE STRUCTURES ASSIGNED TO THE SAME STRING OF WORDS.
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
A GROUP OF WORDS CONSISTING OF A PREPOSITION, ITS OBJECT AND ANY WORDS THAT MODIFY THE OBJECT.
ADJECTIVE PHRASES
A GROUP OF WORDS THAT DESCRIBE A NOUN OR PRONOUN IN A SENTENCE.
VERB PHRASES
THE PART OF A SENTENCE CONTAINING THE VERB AND ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT OBJECT BUT NOT THE SUBJECT.
ADVERB PHRASES
A GROUP OF 2 OR MORE WORDS THAT FUNCTION AS AN ADVERB IN A SENTENCE.
SYNTACTIC CATEGORIES
A TYPE OF SYNTACTIC UNIT THAT THEORIES OF SYNTAX ASSUME.
PARTS OF SPEECH
A CATEGORY TO WHICH A WORD IS ASSIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS SYNTACTIC FUNCTIONS.
LEXICAL CATEGORIES
CLASSES OF WORDS (NOUN, VERB, PREPOSITION) WHICH DIFFER IN HOW OTHER WORDS CAN BE CONSTRUCTED OUT OF THEM.
DETERMINERS
A MODIFYING WORD THAT DETERMINES THE KIND OF REFERENCE A NOUN OR NOUN GROUP HAS.
SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
SENTENCES INSIDE OTHER SENTENCES.
CLAUSE
A SYNTACTIC UNIT THAT CONSISTS MINIMALLY OF A VERB PHRASE AND ITS SUBJECT.
MAIN CLAUSE
REFERS TO CLAUSES THAT CAN STAND ON THEIR OWN.
PREDICATE
EVERYTHING IN A SENTENCE APART FROM THE SUBJECT.
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
A SYNTACTIC PROCESS WHICH REQUIRES SUBJECT AND VERB TO SHARE THE SAME PERSON AND NUMBER FEATURES.
TRANSITIVE VERBS
VERBS THAT NEED AN OBJECT.
DIRECT OBJECT
A NOUN PHRASE DENOTING A PERSON OR THING THAT IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE ACTION OF A TRANSITIVE VERB.
INDIRECT OBJECT
THE RECIPIENT OR THE BENEFICIARY OF THE EVENT DENOTED BY THE VERB.
ADVERBIAL
A WORD OR PHRASE FUNCTIONING LIKE AN ADVERB .like OR RELATING TO AN ADVERB.
COMPLEMENT
A WORD, PHRASE OR CLAUSE THAT IS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE MEANING OF A GIVEN EXPRESSION.
NOUN PHRASES
PHRASES HEADED BY A NOUN.
