TWP Flashcards
grammar
formal study of the structure of language
* the study of sentence and word structure (syntax
and morphology), excluding vocabulary and
pronunciation.”
GRAMMAR
Types of Grammar: how people use their language,
informal
Descriptive
- formal use of grammar, academe
Prescriptive
everything that can see as subject
Noun
CHARACTERISTICS OF NOUNS: plural (-es), possessive (sometimes
called the genitive) (- ’s).
Inflections
: prefix and suffix, adjective
and verb can be noun by adding affixes.
Derivational Affixes
: before a verb, after articles (a, an, the),
demonstratives (this, that, those, these),
possessive (my, your).
Position
only marked in certain pairs of nouns
Gender
stress patterns
Pronounciation
TYPES OF NOUNS:always begins with capital letters
Proper Noun
common for many things,
person, or places
Common Noun
cannot be seen but is there,
refers to ideas, qualities, and conditions.
Abstract Noun
refers to tangible things.
Concrete Noun
cardinal numbers (called
counting numbers). However, number itself is
considered as cardinal adjective
Countable Noun
- refers measurement nouns
like pound, miles, kilogram (cannot be count)
Uncountable Noun