Morphology & Word Class 2.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LanguageASEdexcel Created by: LauraCreated on: 19-09-12 10:12 What is Grammar? The structure of a language 1 of 25 What is a morpheme? The smallest unit in English language 2 of 25 What is a morpheme which has a meaning called? Free 3 of 25 What is a morpheme which has a function called? Bound 4 of 25 What are the two types of bound morphemes? Derivational and Inflectional 5 of 25 A derivational morpheme... Forms a new word class 6 of 25 An inflectional morpheme... Changes the function e.g. singular to plural 7 of 25 Open class words can... Enter and leave the language 8 of 25 Closed class words... Have a function and aren't subject to change 9 of 25 Word classes which belong in the open class are: Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs 10 of 25 Word classes which belong in the closed class are: Prepositions, pronouns, articles and conjunctions 11 of 25 What are the three sets of noun types? Proper and common, count and mass, abstract and concrete 12 of 25 Nouns: Morphological test? can it take an (-s) to indicate plural/possession? 13 of 25 Noun: Syntactical test? Can you place a determiner (a/the) before the word? 14 of 25 Noun: Syntactical test? "Do you know about ______?" 15 of 25 Adjective forms Allows us to compare the qualities of nouns 16 of 25 Monosyllabic - shorter words (-er, -est) Polysyllabic - longer words (most, more) 17 of 25 Irregular adjectives: Good, better, best // bad, worse, worst 18 of 25 Verbs: morphological test Can it show past tense? (-ed) 19 of 25 Verbs: syntactical test Can you place TO in front of the word? 20 of 25 What are the three types of verb? Lexical, primary and modal auxiliary 21 of 25 Lexical verbs... Function as the only verb in a sentence, have a definable meaning 22 of 25 The three primary verbs are... to DO, to BE, to HAVE 23 of 25 Modal auxiliary verbs: Can form negatives, form closed questions and - indicate possibility, probability, certainty of the lexical verb 24 of 25 An adverb: adds extra information about verbs, adjectives and other adverbs 25 of 25
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