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Grammar Quiz 1
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Grammar
Undergraduate 1
01/19/2011

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Grammer
Definition
Linguistic system made up of the fallowing: Semantics, phonology, syntax, and morphology
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Phonology
Definition
Sound system of the English language.
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Morphology
Definition
Word structure or rules used to form words. (Creating words)
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Clipping
Definition
Cutting parts of a word to form a new word.
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Compounding
Definition
Creating a single word by joining two or more words.
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Coining
Definition
Creating a new word.
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Blending
Definition
Combining two "parts" of a word to create or form a new word.
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Acronym
Definition
An abriviation using letters to form a word. Ex) SCUBA, YMCA
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Prescriptive
Definition
Grammatical rules that we learn
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Descriptive
Definition
Our unconscious knowledge of grammer
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Semantics
Definition
Our understanding of words and their meaning.
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Ambiguity
Definition
Having more then one meaning. Ex) Joe won is suit.
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Anomaly
Definition
Nonsense. Ex) A colorless blue sky.
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Contradiction
Definition
Something thats not true. Ex) Joe died but is not dead.
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Metaphor
Definition
Comparison
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Presupposition
Definition
Relies on the truth before you can asnwer a question. The truth is required to understand the sentence. Ex) Do you want another cookie?
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Quantification
Definition
Interpretation of quantifiers. Ex) all, some, every
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Syntax
Definition
Is the word order and the operations that apply to syntactic units.
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Deformational Suffixes/Prefixes
Definition
Changes the meanings of words with the use of prefixes and suffixes.
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Grammatical Suffixes/Prefixes
Definition
Changes the syntax but not the meaning.
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Recursion
Definition
Process of generating phrase after phrase.
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Phrase
Definition
A word or group of words containing meaning.
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Head Word
Definition
The main word in a phrase that carries the meaning.
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Constituent
Definition
A phrase that is part of other phrases.
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Good English
Definition
Depends upon location, understanding your audience is key.
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Affixation
Definition
Unit of meaning
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