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Linguistics Girl: The Linguistic Librarian is all about language. Learn about the phonology, morphology, and syntax of the English language as well as linguistic theories and more about language in general. The mission of Linguistics Girl is to provide information about all things linguistic to all readers interested in language. Linguistics Girl is written by Heather Johnson.
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The Functions of “Silent E” in Written EnglishE is the most common vowel and letter in the English language. Many words end in e in written English. In...
August 7, 2018 -
Types of English Adverbs: Manner, Time, Place, Frequency, DegreeAn adverb is a “word that describes a verb, adjective, other adverb, or clause.” An adverb phrase consists of an adverb...
July 13, 2018 -
English Adverb ClausesTraditional grammars describe adverb clauses as dependent or subordinate clauses that consist of a subordinating conjunction followed by a clause and...
July 11, 2018 -
English P-wordsP-words are prepositions and adverbs that no longer perform prepositional or adverbial functions including particles in phrasal verbs, quasi-modal verbs, and...
July 10, 2018 -
Grammatical Form of English P-wordsP-words are prepositions and adverbs that no longer perform prepositional or adverbial functions. P-words are also function words, which are defined...
July 9, 2018 -
Using Coordinating Conjunctions as CoordinatorsNotional grammars define conjunctions as words that “link together other words, phrases, and clauses.” Coordinating conjunctions are a type of conjunction...
July 7, 2018 -
Grammatical Form of English PostpositionsBelonging to a grammatical category consisting of a small closed word set, notional grammars define adpositions as “words that indicate a...
July 4, 2018 -
Independent Clauses and Dependent Clauses in English GrammarClauses are defined as grammatical structures that contain a subject and a predicate and that are the smallest grammatical unit that...
July 3, 2018 -
English AdverbsNotional grammars define adverbs as “words that describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and clauses.” An adverb phrase consists of an adverb...
June 30, 2018 -
Grammatical AspectGrammatical aspect is the grammaticalized expression of the temporal structure of an action or state. Temporal structure roughly relates to duration....
June 20, 2018 -
The Appositive in English GrammarAppositives are words, phrases, and clauses that supports another word, phrase, or clause by describing or modifying the other word, phrase,...
June 14, 2018 -
English DeterminersDeterminers are a closed class of words that provide information such as familiarity, location, quantity, and number about a noun phrase...
June 1, 2018 -
Grammatical Forms of English DeterminersDeterminers are a closed class of words that provide information such as familiarity, location, quantity, and number about a noun or...
May 29, 2018 -
‘Language’: An Authority in LinguisticsLanguage is the scholarly journal published by the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), which is a professional group for linguists founded...
May 28, 2018 -
The Adverb Phrase Modifier in English GrammarAdverb phrase modifiers are words and phrases that that modify or describe an adverb or adverb phrase. Only one grammatical form...
May 27, 2018
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