1st ( 2 Topics Language and Parts Of Speech) Flashcards
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Types of Grammar:
Descriptive Grammar and Prescriptive Grammar
Language in context; usage.
Descriptive Grammar
Language based on rules.
Prescriptive Grammar
Deals with the systematic study of sounds.
Phonology/ponolohiya
Deals with the study of word formation.
Morphology/morpolohiya
Deals with the arrangements of word formation.
Syntax/ sintax
Deals with the meaning of a text.
Semantics
Is the smallest meaningful unit in sound.l (/b/)
Phoneme/ponema
Is the smallest meaningful unit in writing system (b).
Grapheme
The building blocks of language.
Parts of speech
They function to explain usage of word in a sentence.
Parts of speech
Open Class - noun, verb, adjective, adverb, interjection.
Content words
Closed Class- Pronoun, Preposition, Conjunction, article
Function Words
A word used to name a person, place, thing, state or quality.
Nouns
What are the kinds of noun:
- Proper noun
- Common noun
- Collective noun
- Mass noun
- Concrete noun
- Abstract noun
Nouns are specific. Their first letters are capitalized.
Proper nouns
Example:
Jake, Fenilla, Monday, Davao City
Proper Nouns
Nouns are general.
Common nouns
Example:
man, student, clinic, teacher, school
Common nouns
Nouns are name groups.
Example: family, army, flock, choir
Collective noun
Nouns cannot be counted.
Example: salt, sugar, flour, hair, feedback, equipment
Mass Nouns
Nouns exists in the physical world.
Example: petals, tables, pens, cups.
Concrete nouns
Nouns refer to ideas and feelings.
Example: sadness, joy, brilliance
Abstract noun
What are the functions of nouns:
- Subject of the sentence (S)
- Vocative (V)
- Direct Object (DO)
- Indirect Object (IO)
- Subject Noun Predicate (SNP)
- Object Noun Predicate (ONP)
- Object of the Preposition (OP)
- Appositive