Parts of speech
(word class) noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection, determiner
Language Subsystems
Discourse
Morphology
Lexicology/semantics
Phonology
Syntax
Morphology
structure of words (inflections and word formation)
Free morphemes
can stand alone, (individual words) e.g. skip, jump, milk, hippopotamus, etc.
Bound morphemes
doesn't make sense on it's own, e.g -er, -ing, -ly, etc. change the meaning of free morphemes (are affixes) e.g jump'ed', milk'ed', laugh'ing', slow'ly', etc.
Derivational morphemes
(suffix or prefixes) change the meaning and/or word class. e.g. tie > 'un'tie, decide > decision, farm > farm'ing',
inflectional morphemes
(suffixes) DON'T change meaning or word class. DOES change number, tense, gender etc. e.g. explore's', cat's', jump'ed', bachelor'ette', slow'est' etc.
roots
can categorise word meanings e.g. semi-, un-, bi-, tele-, bio-, etc
Initialism
abbrievation(said as individual letters) e.g. L-O-L, F-B-I, C-I-A, F-Y-I etc.
Acronym
abbrievation (combining words into one word) e.g. ASAP, PIN, AIDS, AWOL, NASA, etc
Modes of language
spoken, written, signed (sign language, paralinguistics (hand gestures, movements).
Sentence Types
I-DIE Interrogative Declarative Imperative Exclamatives
Interrogative
asks a question (ends in question mark) e.g. where are you? are you well? etc.
Declarative
makes a statement (end in full stop) e.g. I am going to the doctor. etc.
Imperative
Gives a demand. (ends in full stop or eclamationmmark) e.g. Do not touch the wall. Look over ther! Get here right now! etc.
Exclamatives
says something with emotion. (Ends in an exclamation mark) e.g. Stop, theif! Gosh, what a day! You look great! etc.
Sentence structure
simple, compound, complex, compound-complex
Independant vs dependent clause
IC- makes sense DC- Doesn't make sense E.g. IC- Jane ate pasta. DC- because she was hungry.
complement
Two types
adds information to the SUBJECT. e.g. The (algebra (subject) is ('difficult' (complement)
adds information to the OBJECT. e.g. Practice makes (algebra (object) 'easy' (complement)
simple sentence
ONE independent clause. (subject and verb) e.g. 'Joe (subject)' 'waited (verb)' for the train.
compound sentence
TWO or MORE independent clauses e.g. 'I like coffee.(IC)' 'Mary likes tea.(IC)' >> 'I like coffee and Mary likes tea.'
complex sentence
has ONE independent clause and ONE OR MORE dependent clause. e.g. 'Because my pizza was cold (DC)', 'I put it in the microwave (IC)'.
compound-complex sentence
TWO OR MORE independent clauses and ONE OR MORE dependent clauses. e.g. 'While the rain fell (DC),' 'the baby slept (IC)' 'and (coordinating conjunction)' 'the mother watched (IC).'
active voice
most sentences are written in an active voice. subject > verb > object e.g. - (he (subject) (stopped (action - verb) the (car (object - thing receiving the action) suddenly.
(Mary (subject) (baked (action -verb) the (cake (object).
passive voice
object > verb > subject e.g. The (cake (object) was (baked (verb) by (Mary (subject).
Situational context
behaviour and action in the situation FUNCTION: main purpose of the text. e.g. inform, persuade, entertain, etc. FIELD/SUBJECT MATTER: classification. e.g. education, entertainment etc. MODE: spoken/written/signed TEXT TYPE: e.g. podcast, advetisement, speech, etc. PARTICIPANTS/RELATIONS: interation. e.g. host/guest, teacher/student
Cultural context
how culture affects behaviour.
Lexemes
unit of words, (main heading in a dictionary), doesn't change meaning e.g. Lexeme run: forms: runs , running, ran e.g. Lexeme find: forms, finding, found, finds
Neogilism
a newly formed word or formed through existing words. (abbrieviations, acronyms etc.) e.g. breakfast + lunch = brunch e.g. spoon + fork = spork
Linguistics
study of language and it's structure