Traditional Grammar: Parts of Speech
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What is one way of defining grammar?

  • Describing the structure of phrases and sentences to account for all the grammatical sequences in a language (correct)
  • Analyzing the emotional tone conveyed through language
  • Focusing on the punctuation and capitalization in writing
  • Identifying all the nouns and pronouns in a sentence
  • Which of the following is NOT considered a part of speech in traditional grammar?

  • Adverbs
  • Prepositions
  • Interjections (correct)
  • Conjunctions
  • What is the role of adverbs in grammar?

  • Connect different ideas and phrases in a sentence
  • Identify the subject and object of a sentence
  • Denote possession or ownership
  • Describe verbs by adding 'ly', describe adjectives, and describe other adverbs (correct)
  • Which part of speech connects and links ideas in a sentence?

    <p>Conjunctions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do prepositions provide information about in a sentence?

    <p>Time and place</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In traditional grammar, what do articles act as besides describing nouns?

    <p>Adverbs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the prescriptive approach to grammar based on?

    <p>The Latin language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of speech connects and links ideas in a sentence?

    <p>Conjunctions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do articles act as besides describing nouns in traditional grammar?

    <p>Determiners</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which tense is used when we want to refer to the past in English?

    <p>Past tense</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one way of defining grammar according to the text?

    <p>The study of sentence structure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which pronouns are considered in the point of view category?

    <p>First person and third person pronouns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the prescriptive approach to grammar focus on?

    <p>Setting grammar rules for the proper use of English</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is grammatical gender mainly about?

    <p>Masculine and feminine nouns in other languages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'The dog quickly followed the girl.' falls into which category of linguistic analysis?

    <p>[NP [Art[The] N[dog]] VP[adv. [quickly] V [followed] NP[Art[the] N[girl]]]</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the smallest meaningful unit in a language?

    <p>Morpheme</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which category of morpheme includes nouns, verbs, and adjectives?

    <p>Lexical morpheme</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of morpheme includes conjunctions, prepositions, and articles?

    <p>Functional morpheme</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of morpheme must be attached to a word?

    <p>Bound morpheme</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which category of bound morpheme involves changing word class and meaning?

    <p>Derivational morpheme</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of bound morpheme includes 's', 'ed', and 'ing'?

    <p>Inflectional morpheme</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following represents a derivational morpheme?

    <p>unhappy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of a class-maintaining derivational morpheme?

    <p>pinkish</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an inflectional morpheme used on nouns?

    <p>boys</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a contractible morpheme according to the text?

    <p>I’ll</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following represents a bound root?

    <p>receive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between inflectional and derivational morphemes?

    <p>Inflectional morphemes are always suffixes, while derivational morphemes can be prefixes or suffixes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is morphology the study of?

    <p>Word structure and word formation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are free morphemes categorized into?

    <p>'s and s.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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