Week 3 Flashcards
(35 cards)
in which 2 categories can syntactic categories be divided?
major categories and minor categories
of what does the major category exist?
nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
of what does the minor category exist?
prepositions, conjunctions, determiners, interjections
how can syntactic categories be identified?
- semantics
- morphology
- syntactic environment where the word can be found in
which inflectional forms does a verb have? (5)
- present 3rd singular
- past
- perfect + passive participle
- progressive participle
- basic form
which inflectional forms does a noun have? (2)
- singular
- plural
which inflectional forms does an adjective have? (3)
- positive
- comparative
- superlative
which affixes does a verb have? (3)
-ise, -ify, un-
which affixes does a noun have? (5)
-ness, -ity, -ment, -al, -ee
which affixes does an adjective have? (2)
-y, un-
which affixes does an adverb have? (1)
-ly
in which 2 groups can nouns be divided?
proper nouns and common nouns
what are proper nouns?
proper nouns do not pluralise, not modified, do occur with ‘the’
in which 2 groups can common nouns be divided?
count nouns and mass nouns
what are count nouns?
refer to countable things. occurs with an indefinite article, takes singular and plural, combines with numerals, takes many NOT much
what are mass nouns?
refer to uncountable things and substances. Does not occur with an indefinite article, does not take singular and plural, does not combine with numerals, takes much NOT many
what are personal pronouns?
I, me, her, you
what are reflexive pronouns?
myself, herself, yourself
what are reciprocal pronouns?
each other, one another
what are indefinite pronouns?
something, nobody, anything
what are demonstrative pronouns?
this, that, these, those
what are interrogative pronouns?
who, what, which
what are relative pronouns?
that, who, which, when
what are possessive independent pronouns?
mine, yours, his, hers, ours
