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Chapter Five
Terms
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Undergraduate 2
08/22/2014

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noun
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names a person, place, thing, or idea etc.
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pronoun
Definition
replaces a noun or noun phrase
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verb
Definition
expresses an action or names a state of existence
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transitive
Definition
verbs that have a direct object
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intransitive
Definition
verbs that do not have direct objects
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adjective
Definition
modifies (gives more information) about nouns and pronouns
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adverb
Definition
modifies (gives more information about) verbs and adjectives
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preposition
Definition
shows relationships such as direction, place, time, location, or ownership
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conjunction
Definition
connects words and word groups and show the relationship between the connected elements
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aspect
Definition
category of verb meaning that indicates whether, for instance, an action is in progress or completed, momentary or habitual etc.
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auxiliary
Definition
verb used in combination with another verb to indicate tense, mood, or aspect of that other verb
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conjugation
Definition
process of distinguishing forms of a verb that indicate tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, and number
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mood
Definition
grammatical expression of conditionality, necessity, possibility in a verb by various means. In English, moods include the indicative, the interrogative, the imperative, and the conditional
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parse
Definition
analyze a sentence into component parts
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form
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grammatical class or lexical category of a word
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function
Definition
role of a word in a phrase or clause
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voice
Definition
whether the verb is active or passive
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