Grammatical Metalanguage

Grammatical Metalanguage

1. SENTENTIAL TERMINOLOGY

   • Sentence Moods
     • Main Moods
       • Declarative (indicative)
       • Interrogative
       • Imperative
     • Minor Moods
       • Exclamatory
       • Subjunctive
   • Theme/Rheme
   • Markedness
   • Voice
     • Active
     • Passive
   • Types of Sentences
     • Simple Sentences
       • Subject + Verb
       • Subject + Verb + Object
       • Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object
       • Subject + Verb + Subject Predicate
       • Subject + Verb + Object + Object Predicate
     • Compound Sentences
       • Two or more clauses of equal grammatical importance
     • Complex Sentences
       • A main clause and one or more subordinate clauses

2. SUPRASENTENTIAL TERMINOLOGY

   • Backgrounding and Foregrounding
   • Cohesion
     • ellipsis
     • reference
     • substitution
     • conjuction
     • lexical cohesion
   • Register
     • field
     • tenor
     • mode
   • Genre
   • Given/New