grammar - language variation and change

archaic 3rd person singular morpheme

morheme <th> for <es> e.g “hath”

king james bible used this

slowly died out over 17th century

syntax

linguistic term covers sentences

morphology

linguistic term covers plurals and verbs

2nd person “ye”

pronoun used to address someone of equal or superior status

affixation

adding prefixes and suffixes to a word

asyndetic listing

listing with no conjunctions

polysyndeton

listing with conjunctions

active voice

subject performs the action

passive voice

subject receives the action