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- 1. z Parts of Speech and Parts of a Sentence Professor Cindy Mercer SPCH 112
- 2. z What is Grammar? The study of the structure of sentences and their parts
- 3. z What is Grammar? Native speakers of English can easily identify a well-formed sentence, even if they’re never hear it before.
- 4. z What is Grammar? Which sentence is well-formed? Notorious French pedophile and author enmeshed in MeToo# trawl net. Enmeshed trawl net notorious French pedophile and author in
- 5. z Descriptive Grammar Emphasizes structures over rules Examples: 1. Subject comes before verb 2. The subject is formed by combining determiner (the, a) plus adjective (French, notorious) plus noun (author, pedophile)
- 6. zSentences consist of one or more Clauses consist of one or more Phrases consist of one or more Words consist of one or more morphemes
- 7. z NOUNS: Concrete and Abstract cat unicorn justice commitment anxiety helpfulness demonstration
- 8. z Noun Phrases My little fluffy cat Justice for all Test anxiety His helpfulness
- 9. z VERBS: Transitive and Intransitive empower think defend saysleep protest illustrate
- 10. z Verb Phrases Has been empowered Might think Will defend Doesn’t sleep Is protesting May be illustrated
- 11. z Verb Phrases Has been empowered by recent demonstrations Might erroneously think that linguistics is boring Will defend women’s rights Doesn’t sleep well at night Is protesting in lower Manhattan May be illustrated by watercolor paintings
- 13. z Adjective Phrases Very easy Incredibly lucky Too sleepy to study Unsanctioned by law and morality
- 15. z CLAUSES VS PHRASES A graciously executed bow The shot heard around the world A pain in the neck Freud’s most famous theory
- 16. z CLAUSES VS PHRASES A graciously executed bow The shot heard around the world A pain in the neck Freud’s most famous theory A clause requires a subject and a verb; a phrase does not. Which of these is the clause?
- 17. z Noun and Verb Phrases The film that won best picture The cat sitting in the window daintily leaped to the ground upon hearing footsteps. was surprisingly made in South Korea.
- 18. z Noun and Verb Phrases A pain in the neck Freud’s most famous theory often immobilized me during the first act. that people could be cured by making conscious their unconscious thoughts and motivations.