5 Questions
What are the eight word classes commonly distinguished in English?
Nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions
What has Modern English largely abandoned from the Indo-European language?
Inflectional case system
How is grammatical function indicated for nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?
Word order, prepositions, and the 'Saxon genitive or English possessive' (-'s)
What retains morphological case more strongly than any other word class in Modern English?
Personal pronouns
What is a remnant of the more extensive Germanic case system of Old English in Modern English?
Morphological case in personal pronouns
Study Notes
English Word Classes
- There are eight word classes commonly distinguished in English.
Indo-European Language Influence
- Modern English has largely abandoned the complex system of inflectional endings from the Indo-European language.
Grammatical Function Indication
- Grammatical function is indicated for nouns, adjectives, and articles in English through word order rather than inflectional endings.
Morphological Case in Modern English
- The pronoun retains morphological case more strongly than any other word class in Modern English.
Remnants of Old English Case System
- The distinction between "who" (nominative) and "whom" (oblique) is a remnant of the more extensive Germanic case system of Old English in Modern English.
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