Word Classification, Grammar and nuts and bolts of our language.

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  • Created on: 18-10-15 19:14

1. Complex sentence

  • a sentence that is incomplete by missing a subject or a verb, yet it still is capped with a full stop
  • a simple sentence with an added clause that somehow adds extra information linked by a subordinating conjunction.
  • two simple sentences (of equal semantic weighting) joined by a co-ordinating conjunction (or a semi-colon where the co-ordinating conjunction would have been).
  • every sentence must contain a subject (a noun or pronoun), a verb (something for the subject to do) and, perhaps, an object (something for the subject to do something to), e.g. I love English Language
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2. exclamatory sentence mood

  • when a sentence conveys a strong sense of emotion, sense of alarm or overly strong emphasis.
  • when a sentence is making a statement.
  • when a sentence is issuing a command
  • when a sentence is asking a question.

3. Register

  • a verb that changes form unusually when used in a different tense without the usual or ‘regular’ patterns
  • the way words form sentences
  • the level of formality of a text.
  • When the subject is the recipient of the verb

4. Denotation.

  • Literal meaning of a word.
  • Associations which can be gleaned from a word.
  • Informal language.
  • Pace of the text.

5. Colloquialism

  • Shortening long words.
  • Informal language usage.
  • A word formed by initials from other grouped words.
  • Newly invented words from merging two words together.

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