linguistics: structure of language

phonotactics

rules for combining phonemes

recursion

rules for grouping words into longer, more complex sentences that allows for an infinite number of sentences, even those never uttered before. a set of nested elements

phrase

syntactic structure with a main word and related word

pronoun

used in the place of a noun and represents a person or entity

demonstrative pronoun

identify or highlight something that has been highlighted before (usually this and that)

interrogative pronoun

used to ask questions. Who, what, where

auxiliary verbs

verbs that can't be on their own. They help give context or more information to another verb

classes of verbs

main, auxiliary, (primary auxiliary, modal auxiliary, semimodal)

modal auxiliary

provides information about mood/certainty, intention, commands. ex: I will, I might, I can