English Knowledge Organiser Pg 19-20 Flashcards
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Prescriptive
Taking an approach to language study that focuses on rules and notions of correctness
Root
A morpheme that can stand on its own and can usually form a word in its own right
Suffix
A morpheme that comes after a root word to modify its meaning
Prefix
A morpheme that goes before a root word to modify its meaning
Affix
The overall term for an addition to a root (a prefix or a suffix) to modify its meaning or create a new word
Infix
An affix inserted inside a root word to create a new word or modify its meaning (e.g. abso-blooming-lutely))
Inflectional function
The way that an affix shows a grammatical category such as a verb tense or a plural noun
Derivational function
The way that an affix helps form a new word by attaching itself to a root
Noun phrase
A group of words built around a noun
Verb phrase
A group of words built around a head (main) verb
Head word
The main noun in the phrase
Pre-modifier
A word that goes before the head noun to add detail or
clarify some aspect of it
Post-modifier
A word that comes after the head noun to add detail or
clarify some aspect of it
Qualifier
An additional word or phrase that adds some further detail to the noun.
Primary auxiliary verb
An auxiliary verb that joins with the main verb to show
tense
Modal auxiliary verb
An auxiliary verb that joins with a main verb to show the
degree of commitment towards an event or person that a speaker holds
Clause
Group of words centred around a verb phrase
Coordination
The joining of two clauses that gives them equal
weighting
Subcoordination
The joining of two clauses that gives one clause (the
main clause) more weighting than another clause, or
clauses (the subordinate clause(s))
Adverbial clause
A subordinate clause that functions as an adverbial
Noun clause
A subordinate clause that functions as a subject, object or complement
Active voice
Agent in subject position for prominence; verb phrase in present or past tense
Passive voice
Agent omitted or placed later in the clause using a prepositional phrase; verb phrase changes to a form of
to be + participle form (verb root + en/ed)
Orthographic sentence
A ‘sentence’ marked by a capital letter and full stop but containing no verb
