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

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  • Created on: 18-10-15 19:14

1. polysyllabic lexis

  • structure of sentences for effect.
  • words of two or more syllables
  • naming word for the grouping of common nouns.
  • effects that lexical choices have.
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2. Verbs- infinitive form

  • a verb that changes form unusually when used in a different tense without the usual or ‘regular’ patterns
  • verbs, in all their forms, derive from the infinitive form, which is basically, the verb with ‘to’ written before it. From this form other forms.
  • an auxiliary verb that express a degree of either possibility or necessity.
  • When the subject of the sentence carries out the verb.

3. Grammar.

  • The construct of written language.
  • When a word can be an 'Umbrella term' form for more words.
  • Spelling of words.
  • Speaking out loud.

4. Simple sentence/ independent main clause

  • 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
  • a simple sentence with an added clause that somehow adds extra information (although of lesser importance semantically than the independent main clause) linked by a subordinating conjunction.
  • – a sentence that is incomplete by missing a subject or a verb, yet it still is capped with a full stop
  • two simple sentences (of equal semantic weighting) joined by a co-ordinating conjunction

5. exclamatory sentence mood

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

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