Questions and Answers
What is the definition of 'Copula'?
What does an auxiliary verb do?
What is the difference between auxiliary and copula?
Copula verbs link the subject to a noun or adjective; auxiliary verbs support the main verb.
What is an example of an auxiliary verb?
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What are Brown's Grammatical Morphemes?
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Study Notes
Copula
- Refers to the verb "be" or its derivatives acting as the main verb in a sentence.
- Functions to link the subject to a complement that provides more information about the subject.
Auxiliary Verb
- Serves as a helper to the main verb in a sentence.
- Primary auxiliary verbs include 'do', 'have', and 'be'.
- Important for indicating tense changes in verbs.
Copula vs Auxiliary Verbs
- Copula verbs, often known as linking verbs, connect the subject to a noun or adjective in the predicate.
- Auxiliary verbs aid the main verb without altering the core meaning.
- Example: "She IS sleeping," where "IS" is an auxiliary verb and "SLEEPING" is the main verb.
Brown's Grammatical Morphemes
- Emergence of grammatical morphemes occurs when toddlers begin to combine two or three words.
- Morphemes include prefixes, suffixes, or the base form that modifies meaning or grammatical function in words.
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