Metalanguage

Question 1

Open/content words

Answer 1

• can easily accept new members
  -carry real world meaning

Question 2

What are the open/content word classes

Answer 2

• nouns
  -verbs
  -adjectives
  -adverbs
  -interjections

Question 3

Closed.function words

Answer 3

-can’t easily accept new members
- carry grammatical meaning

Question 4

Closed/function words

Answer 4

-determiners
-pronouns
-prepositions
-conjunctions
-auxiliary v
-modal v

Question 5

Three golden rules

Answer 5

-always look at the word in its context
- there are no 100%
- when in doubt, apply multiple tests

Question 6

Nouns

Answer 6

• can be made plural
• can come after ‘the’, ‘a’, ‘an’
  -person, place, thing

Question 7

Verbs

Answer 7

-there must be a lexical verb
-can change tense
-what is happening? What is the subject doing?

Question 8

Copular verbs

Answer 8

-work with the subject and provide more detail

E.g is, are

Question 9

Adjectives

Answer 9

-describe a noun
- can come before or after a noun

Question 10

Adverbs

Answer 10

-time, manner, place, frequency, degree
-when in doubt-> adverb

Question 11

Interjection

Answer 11

-have emotional meaning
- appear more in speech/narration

E.g oh, oi, um, wow, yuck, shh

Question 12

Preposition

Answer 12

-most often, occur before NPs
- of, at, with
- the box test

Question 13

Determiners

Answer 13

-come before a noun, but QUALIFY IT rather than describe it
- can be replaced by ‘the’ -> ‘many chairs’->’the chairs’

Question 14

Pronouns

Answer 14

Replace a noun
CANNOT BE FOLLOWED BY A NOUN