Grammatical Function
Grammatical functions refers to “what a word, phrase, or clause does.” All languages contain a finite number of language-specific grammatical functions.
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Lies Your Grammar Teacher Told You: Nouns and AdjectivesNotional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” Big, cute, green, small, and wonky are prototypical adjectives. In big bully,...
March 31, 2019 -
Lies Your Grammar Teacher Told You: Indirect ObjectsI recently tweeted my post entitled Using Nouns and Noun Phrases as Indirect Objects. To my tweet, I received a comment...
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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,...
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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 -
The Determiner Phrase Head in English GrammarDeterminer phrase heads are words that function as the heads of determiner phrases. A determiner phrase consist of two or more...
May 26, 2018 -
The Adpositional Phrase Head in English GrammarEncompassing both prepositional phrase heads and postpositional phrase heads, adpositional phrase heads are words that function as the heads of adpositional...
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The Postpositional Phrase Head in English GrammarSimilar to prepositional phrase heads, postpositional phrase heads are words that function as the heads of postpositional phrases. A postpositional phrase...
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The Postpositional Complement in English GrammarPostpositional complements are defined as the word, phrase, or clause that directly precedes the postposition and completes the meaning of the...
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The Passive in English GrammarPassives are words that express the passive voice. Passives function within verb phrases functioning as predicates. Only one grammatical form can...
May 23, 2014 -
The Progressive in English GrammarProgressives are words that express the progressive aspect including the perfect-progressive aspect. Progressives function within verb phrases functioning as predicates. Only...
May 20, 2014 -
The Verb Phrase Modifier in English GrammarVerb phrase modifiers are defined as words, phrases, and clauses that describe a verb phrase. A verb phrase is a phrase...
May 9, 2014 -
The Noun Clause Modifier in English GrammarNoun clause modifiers are defined as words, phrases, and clauses that describe a noun clause. A noun clause is a dependent...
May 6, 2014 -
The Adpositional Complement in English GrammarAdpositional complements are defined as the word, phrase, or clause that directly follows the adposition and completes the meaning of the...
February 10, 2014 -
The Perfect in English GrammarPerfects are words that express the perfect aspect including the perfect-progressive aspect. Perfects function within verb phrases functioning as predicates. Only...
November 20, 2013 -
The Prepositional Phrase Modifier in English GrammarPrepositional phrase modifiers are words, phrases, and clauses that modify or describe a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase consists of a...
November 18, 2013
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