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Flashcards by smallphantom, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by smallphantom
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| Question | Answer |
| CO-HYPONYMS | same type of subordinate group eg: banana and apple are a part of fruit |
| What does a SYLLABLE TREE look like? | sigma / \ O R / \ N C |
| CATEGORIES WITHIN CONTENT (Lexical) words (5) | - NOUNS -VERBS -ADJECTIVES -ADVERBS -PREPOSITIONS |
| I can ______ | verb |
| The _____ thing | ADJECTIVE |
| [ ] can be good/bad | Noun Phrase |
| It/They can [ ] | Verb Phrase |
| It/They can *BE* [ ] or [ ] | Adj. Phrase or Prep Phrase |
| How is the PHRASE TREE set up? | XP / \ Spec X' / \ X Comp |
| What is the ENTITY in a sentence called? | SUBJECT |
| What is the EVENT that an entity is involved in called? | PREDICATE ( veerrrbs) |
| ENTITIES are usually described by ____, therefore SUBJECTS have the form of a ____ ____ (_ _) | Nouns Noun Phrase (NP) |
| It came ___ the house | PREPOSITION |
| What does a [ Transitive Verb do? | - has a Direct Object & acts on something else eg: kick [the ball] (v) (d.o.) |
| What is [ Intransitive??? | - *NOOO* direct object or transfer |
| What is a [ Ditransitive Verb? | - has Direct Object and Indirect Object - can rearrange! eg: [send a message] [to Barb] D.O. I.O. or eg: send [Barb] [a message] V NP VP |
| What is a [ Transitive Locative verb? | -has a direct object and a location eg: put [ the book ] [ on the shelf ] D.O (VP) PP |
| What is a [ Linking Verb? | - verb that links the phrase back to the subject eg : (BE) I am -very tired - in the library -a good worker |
| HOMOGRAPHY | when the words are SPELLED the same, but don't sound the same eg: pen/pen or dove/dove |
| HOMONYMY | when words that are spelled/sound the same mean different things BAT (animal) and (baseball) BAT |
| ENTAILMENT | when one sentence is true, the other is also but not vise versa S1 = S2 but S2 doesn't = S1 |
| SYNONYMY | one meaning / multiple forms |
| POLYSEMY | when a word has the same spelling and sounds the same with related but diff. meanings MOUSE (animal) vs. MOUSE (computer) |
| PARAPHRASE | when two sentences mean the same thing in a rearranged way -works both ways S1 = S2 S2 = S1 |
| MERONYM | part of a whole eg: tail |
| HYPONYMS | HYPO = TYPE-O type of something eg: bluejay = bird |
| HOMOPHONY | when words sound the same but aren't spelled the same eg: flower / flour |
| ANTONYMS (2 categories) | GRADABLE: opposites on a scale eg: COLD ... cool... tepid.. warm.. HOT NON-GRADABLE/ABSOLUTE: form a dichotomy |
| What are the [ QUALIFER ] words ( 6 ) ~ 2 categories | limit frequency: always sometimes never frequently limit scope: just only |
| The ____ of the ... | NOUN |
| Types of Spec. & what they go with. ( 3 Spec. 1 Spec has 2) | Determiner ( N ) Qualifier ( V ) Degree ( A&P) |
| Qualifier (Adverbs) ( BEFORE / AFTER ) a ( N/V/A/P ) ? and what does it do? | BEFORE A VERB LIMITS |
| AUXILARY (helping) come ( BEFORE / AFTER) a ( N/V/A/P )? *but* give ____ info? | BEFORE A VERB GRAMMATICAL |
| modals (9) | can - could will - would shall - should may / might / must |
| Non-Spatial Preps. (8) | of - far - from at - about - by with - to |
| SENTENCE TREE structure | IP / \ NP I' / \ I VP NP = subject I = non-past/past or modals VP = predicate |
| What is AFFIXATION? | productive way in which new words have entered English language eg: KING-ly re-FOREST-ation |
| what is an ACRONYM? | Initials stand for long expression eg: SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) |
| what is BACKFORMATIONS | creating a new, shorter word from an existing word pre - ROOT -suffix eg: resurrection --> resurrect donation --> donate |
| what is BLENDING | combining two existing words into one (only the spelling) eg: brunch, guesstimate, motel, ligers |
| what is BORROWING | adopting words from other languages eg: kindergarten zero |
| what is CLIPPING | shortening of a word by deleting 1 or more syllable eg: Liz, Bob, lab., ling. |
| what is CLITICIZATION | putting 2 content words together except one's been phonetically reduced & pronounced as 1 word eg: You'*re* I'*m* he'*s* "they'RE, not THEIR" |
| what is COINAGE? | creating a word from scratch usually from a product eg: Kleenex, swiffer. |
| what is COMPOUNDING? | combining pre-existing ROOTS may be hyphenated eg: undercoat slavetrade blackboard blow-dry |
| what is CONVERSION? | changing syntactic category eg: Butter N --> V (butter the toast) Down P --> V (down your drink) |
| what is an EPONYM? | naming something after someone eg: Ferris wheel cardigan (Earl of Cardigan) |
| what is INITIALISM? | pronounce initials HRT, UN, brb, jk, lol, wtf, fml |
| what is an ONOMATEPOEIA? | sound words. BAM POW CRACK CRUNCH MOO SIZZLE BANG |
| what is SENSE EXTENSION | taking a pre-existing word and extending meaning to include additional & distinct (but related) meanings like POLYSEMY mouse / mouse |
| what is STRESS CHANGE? | Bisyllabic English words i) Nouns --> 1st syll stress ii) Verbs --> 2nd syll stress eg: contést vs. cóntest recórd vs. récord |
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