Terminology - Lexis Flashcards

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Morphemes

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An aspect of grammar which refers to grammatical markings - these change and make meanings
E.g. ‘talked’ is 2 morphemes - ‘talk’ and ‘ed’
Often have 3 forms - prefix, suffix and base word

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Proper nouns

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Refer to specific people and places e.g Paris, Emma

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Concrete noun

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Refer to things that exist physically e.g. house, computer

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Abstract noun

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Refer to things that do not exist physically - feelings, ideas, qualities
E.g. love, hate

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Collective nouns

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Refer to a group of people, animals or objects
E.g. team, family, herd

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Pre-modifying adjective

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Comes before the noun
E.g the sudden noise

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Post-modifying adjective

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Comes after the noun
E.g. grammar is brilliant

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Comparative adjectives

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Used to compare one noun to another
E.g stronger/bigger

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Superlative adjective

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Demonstrates that the adjective is the least or the most
E.g biggest/smallest

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Noun phrases

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Nouns modified by adjectives that could be replaced by a pronoun
‘The beautiful animal’ was kept in a cage… could become it was kept in a cage but ‘the beautiful animal’ is the noun phrase

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Dynamic verbs

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Denote a physical action e.g. running or sleeping
If a text uses a lot of dynamic verbs could suggest the text producer wants you to take some direct physical action etc

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Stative verbs

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Denote a state of mind e.g thinking, wondering
Lots of stative verbs may be used to inflict emotion

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Transitive verbs

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= dynamic verbs that require an object
E.g. she kicked the ball’

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Intransitive verbs

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= dynamic verbs that do not require an object
E.g sneeze, laugh, sit

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Finite verb

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When a verb has a subject and a tense
‘She was waiting in the room before he came in’

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Infinitive verbs - non finite

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-ing -ed forms
‘Paint the whole cupboard starting at the bottom’
You cannot tell the tense

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Auxiliary verbs

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Used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs
They are used alongside other verbs to give more info
Two types:
Primary
Modal

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Primary auxiliary verbs

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Be
Do
Have
When changing tense can become, is, had ,has ect

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Modal auxiliary verbs

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Express necessity or possibility
Must, shall, will, should, would, could, may, can, might

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Deontic modality

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Modal verbs of certainty
E.g can, will, must

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Epistemic modality

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Modal verbs of possibility
E.g may, could

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Personal pronoun

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Replaces the subject or object in a sentence e.g I, him, we

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Indefinite pronouns

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Do not refer to any specific person or thing e.g someone

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Demonstrative pronouns

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Tend to point something out e.g. that/this

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Possessive pronoun

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Shows possession e.g ‘hers’ ‘mine’

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Interrogative pronoun

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Used when asking a question e.g whose, who, which

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Relative pronouns

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Act as a linking word in a sentence, always placed immediately after the noun
E.g the man, who had decided to go home..

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Determiner

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When a noun follows a word
E.g this car is new

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Definite article

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The

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Indefinite article

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A/an

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Numerical determiner

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One/two/three
First/second/third

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Quantifier

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Shows quantity e.g. few, many

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Demonstrative determiners

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Refer only to specific objects or people e.g. this, that, these

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Proposition

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Word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else
E.g after, before, above

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Conjunctions

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Words used to connect words, phrases or clauses

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Coordinating conjunction

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Join like with like e.g noun and noun or adjective with adjective
And, but, or

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Subordinating conjunction

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Join subordinate clauses to main clauses
E.g although, because, if, unless

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Correlative conjunction

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Used in pairs to join alternatives or equal elements
E.h either/or, neither/nor