Definition | Word/Term |
Mood used to express uncertainty: | |
The case of transitive subjects. | |
The case of possessors. | |
Type of clause that is interpreted as modifying another clause: '[After she left], I decided to go to sleep.' | |
A noun phrase (generally) that receives an interpretation (role) with regard to a verb. | |
When a lexical class is one that has many (possibly infinitely many) members, it is: | |
A term generally used for the smallest element in a language that makes sense when you say it by itself and that can appear in different places within a sentence. | |
Type of language where morphemes are easily separable: | |
Type of language where morphemes that combine several grammatical concepts: | |
A grammatical pattern in a language for shifting the point of view or perspective of a sentence from, for example, the subject to the direct object. | |
A derivational process by which some part of speech (typically a verb, adjective, etc.) is turned into a noun. | |
Type of language that has long words with several roots: | |
A term usually intended as a part of speech for a class of little words that doesn't match traditional categories like preposition, noun, etc. | |
When the grammatical role of an argument in a clause is on the argument. | |
A phrase in some languages consisting of the verb and its objects (but in some language this word used for a part of speech that is broader than a verb.) | |
A morpheme that classifies words into grammatical categories based on shape, function, etc. | |
The case of indirect objects. | |
Type of language that lacks morphology: | |
Mood for questions: | |
An affix that is placed inside of another morpheme. | |
When the grammatical role of an argument is marked on the predicate. | |
A root or affix that doesn't have to occur with another morpheme in the same word. | |
A verb form that indicates that a situation was caused to happen. | |
Mood for 'let's [do something]': | |
The case of subjects. | |
A grammatical system for signaling whether a situation is beginning, continuing, ending, repeating, etc. | |
A phenomenon whereby the form of one word requires a corresponding form in another. | |
A grammatical pattern in a language for indicating the speech act function of a sentence. | |
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