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UNIT 23
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- 1Quirk defines sentence as...a grammatical autonomous unit
- 2Sentences are classfieid into:-simple
-compound
-complex
-complex-compound - 3Main parts of the sentence:subject and predicate
- 4Classification of subject:-Agentive
-Instrumental
-Affected
-Recipient
-Locative
-Eventive
-Temporal
-Empty - 5Elements in the predicate:-Predicator
-Object
-Complement
-Adverbial
-Vocatives - 6Vocatives are...nominal elements added optionally to the sentence, in order to denote the person to whom the sentence is addressed
- 7Form of vocatives:-Proper names
-"you"
-Standard appellatives (family, titles, professions) - 8Major types of sentences:-Statements/declarative
-Questions/interrogative
-Commands/imperative
-Exclamations/exclamatory - 9A declarative sentence is...a sentence which makes a statement, provides a fact, offers an explanation or conveys information
- 10Types of questions:-Yes/no
-Wh
-Alternative
-Minor types - 11Types of yes/no questions:-Positive
-Negative
-Tag
-Declarative
-Indirect - 12Minor types of questions:-Exclamatory
-Rhetorical - 13Characteristics of imperative mood:-No subject
-Base form
-No tense
-No modals - 14Exclamations are...short utterances made when the speaker is very surprised or upset
- 15Nonsentences are...words, clauses or phrases which do not form a complete sentence
- 16Formulaic utterances:-Greetings & farewells
-Seasonal greetings
-Introductions
-Reaction signals
-Warnings
-Slogans
-Expletives
-Unclassifiable exclamations - 17Interjections are...purely emotive words which do not enter into syntactic relations. They are used to express emotions such as pleasure, surprise, shock and disgust
- 18Types of interjections:-Volitive
-Emotive
-Cognitive - 19Volitive interjections are used to...express commands, requests and wishes
- 20Emotive interjections are used to...express surprise, delight, sorrow, disgust and fear
- 21Cognitive interjections are used to...convey the feelings and emotions that people come across and understand through experience
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- Oposiciones OPOSICIONES 2023 (UNIT 23. ENGLISH SENTENCE) Flashcards on UNIT 23, created by Miriam González Cano on 03/12/2021.
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