Linguistic Methods

Question 1

GASPM

Answer 1

Genre
Audience
Subject
Purpose
Mode

Question 2

Four major word classes

Answer 2

Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb

Question 3

What is a determiner

Answer 3

Adds clarity to nouns
“The, my, some”

Question 4

Preposition

Answer 4

Shows places or time (on, in, between, above)

Question 5

Proper noun

Answer 5

Places or people

Question 6

Abstract noun

Answer 6

States, feelings, concepts with no physical existence, (happiness, fear)

Question 7

Concrete

Answer 7

Objects that can be physically touched

Question 8

Countable/ non countable

Answer 8

Can be pluralised (plates)

Can’t be pluralised (sheep)

Question 9

Material verb

Answer 9

Show actions or events (hit, run)

Question 10

Relational verbs

Answer 10

Identifies properties or shows states of being (be, appear)

Question 11

Mental verbs

Answer 11

Shows internal processes (think, believe, wish)

Question 12

Verbal verb

Answer 12

External processes of communication through speech (shout, scream)

Question 13

Base adjectives/adverbs

Answer 13

Simply modified another word (Big, good, carefully)

Question 14

Comparative adjective

Answer 14

Comparing two instances (bigger, smaller, more)

Question 15

Superlative adjective

Answer 15

A form used to describe more than two instances, identifying best (biggest, smallest, worst)

Question 16

Personal pronoun

Answer 16

People differentiated in terms of person (I, you, she, they,)

Question 17

Indefinite pronoun

Answer 17

Points reader toward a person, object or idea that is non-specific (someone, anybody, everything)

Question 18

Demonstrative pronoun

Answer 18

Points reader towards object or person with distance (this, these, that)

Question 19

Determiner articles

Answer 19

Definite or indefinite article

Question 20

Possessive determiner

Answer 20

Shows owner ship (my, your)

Question 21

Quantifying determiner

Answer 21

Specific or non specific quantities (one two)
(Some, any)

Question 22

Coordinating conjunction

Answer 22

Links phrases and clauses when they are equal (and, but)

Question 23

Subordinating conjunction

Answer 23

Links dependent clauses together (because, although)

Question 24

Primary auxiliary verb

Answer 24

(Be, do, have)

Question 25

Modal auxiliary verbs

Answer 25

Express necessity or possibility (must, shall, could)

Question 26

Epistemic modality

Answer 26

Degrees of possibility related to opinions (might, will)

Question 27

Deontic modality

Answer 27

Demonstrates permissions or obligations (should, can)

Question 28

Boulomaic modality

Answer 28

What is possible given producers desires (you must leave)

Question 29

Head word

Answer 29

A key word class within the phrase that gives the phrase bigger identity