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Grammar
Cards in this deck (14)
- 1MorphologyConcerns the internal structure of a word
- 2SyntaxConcerns the structure of words to form a sentence
- 3MorphemeThe smallest unit of grammatical meaning
- 4Free morphemeCan stand independently and act as a meaningful unit on its own e.g eat
- 5Bound morphemeCannot stand independently as has to be attached to a free morpheme for it to convey meaning
- 6Bound morphemes do the following:Make plurals (s)
Show possession (s)
Form comparatives (er)
Form superlatives (est)
Convert tense (ed)
Adjective to adverb (ly)
Verb to noun (er) - 7Roger Brown's U-shaped graph of regressionTakes time for correct usage of bound morphemes
- 8One word/holophrastic stageStage at which gestalt expression are common
- 9Roger Brown's two word combinationsDoer + action
Action + undergoer
Doer + undergoer
Property + thing
Possessor + thing
Action + location - 10MLU- Mean Length of UtteranceAverage number of morphemes over a set of utterances.
Shows child's grasp of grammar. - 11Telegraphic stage: 24-40 monthsThe stage at where 3 or more words form an utterance
- 12Grammatical wordsGlue sentence together
E.g. auxiliaries, prepositions, determiners - 13Lexical wordsCarry the meaning.
Children interested in these.
E.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs. - 14Braine's open & pivot wordsTwo word stage:
key certain words = pivot words.
revolve around pivot words = open words
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- A-Level English Language Flashcards on Grammar, created by Klaudia Szoma on 19/03/2015.
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