REVISION: Grammar

Grammar revision


Topic 1


In
short, grammar is a set of rules which deals with syntax and morphology!


Descriptive
is a set of rules or patterns that underline our use of words, phrases, clauses
n sentences


Prescriptive
is someone (teacher/editor) try to enforce rules about what they believe to be
the correct uses of language


The varieties of grammar


mental=
result of first language acquisition


pedagogical=describes
the rules of language in much detail


traditional=
collection of prescriptive rules and concepts about structure of language


Chomsky is a mental grammar, Skinner
is pedagogical grammar


topic 2


how we
teach grammar


by
using reference and pedagogical grammar


overt =
by notes


covert
= by situation


topic 3


morpheme=
smallest unit of a word that contain meaning


word
formation= back formation, clipping, blending, abbreviation, acronym,
derivation, conversion, inflection, onomatopoeia


topic 4


open
word class = noun, adverb, verb, adjective


closed
word class =preposition, pronoun, conjunction, determiner



one
word multiple class = Items may belong to more than one class. In most
instances, we can only assign a word to a word class when we encounter it in
context.


nominalisation = turning a verb or an adjective into a
noun


nominalisation = 2 categories = derivational affixation & zero derivation
examples


derivation
affixes=eg: fail(v)-failure(n)


zero
derivation=eg: survey(v)-survey(n)


derivation
changes the word class.. zero derivation has no derivation but still can be
multiple class..


derivation
with affixes is like reduplication... but zero derivation is release as verb
and release as noun


reduplication
is an example of derivation with affixes

thanks

but why in the notes given by mdm it says that interjection is open class words?

not sure, i noticed that too

Thanks Alyph! It helps though...hope tat we all can pass the test tomorrow

inshaallah azham~

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