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T12 Flashcards

Morfosintaxis

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Morphosyntax definition

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Morphosyntax is the group of elements and rules that allow the construction of meaningful sentences through the study of grammar relations, structures…

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Morpheme definition

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Gimson (2001) morphemes are the smallest meaningful linguistic unit that may bring a change of meaning

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Allomorph definition

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Variant of one morpheme: -ed

  • Slipped
  • Played
  • Wanted
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Content vs function morphemes

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Content morphemes express physical contents such as nouns, adjectives or verbs

Function express functions such as prepositions or determine

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Free vs. Bound morphemes

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Free morphemes (lexemes) have meaning by their own

Bound morphemes cannot occur by their own (prefixes and suffixes)

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Word definition

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Smallest free morpheme.

Morphemes are the linguistic units that actualise and modify words changing meanings.

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Inflection meaning

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How words change in order to express grammatical contrasts within a sentence: find, is finding, found…

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Derivation

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It focuses on the principles followed for the formation of new words

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Types of derivation

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Prefixation: un-happy

Suffixation: love-ly

Conversion: book, to book

Compounding: football

Reduplication: bye-bye

Clipping: photography, photo

Blending: brunch - breakfast + lunch

Acronyms: USA

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Types of nouns

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Proper or common

Concrete or abstract

Countable or uncountable

Collective or individual

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Types of verbs

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Lexical (main word in a verbal phrase) or Auxiliary (provides info about main word)

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Types of adjectives

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Attributive position (between determiners and noun)

Predicative position (after the verbal phrase)

Comparative or superlative

Modified by adverbs

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What words can be modified by an adverb?

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A verb: she drives carefully

An adjective: she has a fast car

Another adverb: he runs quite slowly

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Types of determiners

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Definite articles: the, a…

Demonstrative: that, this, these…

Possessive: my, yours, his…

Quantifiers: some, any, many….

Cardinal and ordinal numbers: one-firth

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Types of pronouns

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Personal: I, she, we

Possessive: mine, his, her

Demonstrative: this, that, these…

Interrogative: who, what, where…

Relative: who, which, whose…

Indefinite: all, any, some…

Reflexive: myself, yourself…

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Preposition definition

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A preposition links nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other words in a sentence.

It can indicate the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of the objects.

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Conjunction types

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Coordinating: 2 items equal importance

Correlative: work together to coordinate two items

Subordinating: introduce a dependent clause: although, before, until…

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Syntax definition

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Syntax studies the rules that govern the way in which words are combined to form sentences

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Sentences definition

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Sentences are grammatical and lexical units consisting of one or more words combined to form a meaningful statement, question…

Can be formed by: subject, verb, objects and complements.

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Classification of sentences depending on their clauses

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Simple: independent clause

Compound: 2 independent clauses

Complex: an independent clause joined by a dependent one

Compound-complex: multiple independent clauses with at least one dependent.

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Classification of sentences according to intention

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Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

Exclamatory

Imperative

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Communicative structures

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  1. Greetings + intro
  2. Asking for and giving info
  3. Describing people, places…
  4. Describing daily habits
  5. Expressing likes and dislikes
  6. Expressing time
  7. Expressing ability
  8. Offer, apology and request
  9. Make future plans, desires
  10. Expressing costs, numbers, quantities…
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Themes and vocabulary

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  1. Personal information
  2. Family and friends
  3. Free time activities
  4. Shopping
  5. Travels
  6. Food and drinks
  7. Weather
  8. Places of the city, directions…
  9. Occupations
  10. Daily life
  11. House and home
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Contents (Annex II)

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  1. Countable and uncountable nouns
  2. Determiners and personal pronouns.
  3. Possessive and adjectives
  4. Question form and simple sentences structure
  5. Present simple + continuous.
  6. Future and past
  7. Modals
  8. Adverbs of frequency
  9. Prepositions
  10. Comparative and superlative
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Brewster and Ellis (2001) quote

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Children should not write something they are not able to say

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Sequencing of grammatical categories acquisition

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Presenting language

Controlled-practice

Directed-production

Free-production

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Word classes

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Nouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Adverbs

Determiners

Pronouns

Prepositions

Conjunctions

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Nouns definition

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Head of the noun phrases

Change to express plural, singular or Saxon genitive

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Verbs

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Express actions, facts, states of being…

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Adjectives definition

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Describe or modify a person or thing within a sentence

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Determiners definition

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They express the reference of a noun

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Pronoun definition

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They can replace a noun or another pronoun

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Conjunctions definition

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They connect two words or phrases

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Quote

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The most important thing in communication is hearing what it is not said.

Peter Drucker (2009)

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Introduction T12

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  • Quote “The most important thing in comm…” Peter Drucker
  • Relevance of hidden aspects in communication- to achieve fluency
  • Communication LOMLOE F
  • CEFRL learn by communicative activities rather than grammar explanation
  • Prospective

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