List of linguistic terms

INTRODUCTION

Morpheme

Derivational morpheme - prefix, suffix, affix

Inflectional morpheme (ending)

Root

Derivation

Conversion (zero derivation)

Compounding

Flection

Form

Function

Word – content X function

Part of speech (word class): open X closed, names of all word classes (don’t forget about conjunctions)

For each individual part of speech a student should be able to explain how it is defined and distinguished from other parts of speech

NOUN

Proper noun

Common noun

Countable noun

Uncountable noun

Collective noun

Singular

Plural

Gender

Genitive

ARTICLES

Determiners

Reference: generic X specific: - definite, anaphoric X cataphoric

- indefinite

kinds of articles: definite, indefinite, zero

ADJECTIVE

position: attributive,predicative, pospositive

gradable X nongradable adjectives

ADVERB

Kinds of adverbs and their distinction

Grading of adverbs

Inversion

PREPOSITION

The usual position of prepositions X preposition stranding (deferred prepositions)

Prepositional phrases

PRONOUNS

Kinds of pronouns and their distinction

VERBS

Full, primary, modal verbs

Auxiliary X main verb

Intransitive, transitive, linking

Active X passive voice (+ the causative and how it differs from the passive)

Mood and kinds of mood

Non-finite forms: infinitive, present and past participle, gerund

Kinds of infinitive: present and past, bare

Time x tense

Tenses in English + future in the past

Modality: deontic X epistemic