Linguistics
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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Grammatical Form of English Adjectives: Positive, Comparative, and Superlative AdjectivesTraditional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” Adjective phrases are phrases formed by an adjective plus any modifiers or...
April 13, 2013 -
The Direct Object in English GrammarDirect objects are words, phrases, and clauses that follow a transitive verb and receive the action of the verb. Although nouns...
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Using Adjectives as Adjective Phrase HeadsTraditional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” In grammar, an adjective phrase consists of an adjective plus any modifiers...
April 11, 2013 -
Grammatical Functions of English Adjectives and Adjective PhrasesAdjective phrases including adjectives perform four main grammatical functions within sentences in the English language. The four functions of adjectives and...
April 10, 2013 -
Punctuation Rules for Commas in Written EnglishPunctuation is a convention of writing that helps readers more clearly understand written language. There are ten punctuation rules for using...
April 9, 2013 -
Grammatical Mood in EnglishGrammatical mood is defined as a set of distinctive verb forms that express modality. Modality is the grammaticalized expression of the...
April 8, 2013 -
Grammatical Voice in EnglishGrammatical voice is loosely defined as the grammaticalized expression of relationships between predicate and nominal functions such as subject and object....
April 7, 2013 -
Tense and Aspect of English VerbsAll finite, or conjugated, verbs in English express grammatical tense and grammatical aspect. Tense is the grammaticalized expression of the location...
April 6, 2013 -
Grammatical Aspect in EnglishGrammatical aspect can be defined as the grammaticalized expression of the temporal structure of an action or state. Temporal structure roughly...
April 5, 2013 -
Grammatical Tense in EnglishGrammatical tense can be defined as the grammaticalized expression of the location in time of an action or state. Verb tense...
April 4, 2013 -
The English Interrogative Pronoun SystemInterrogative pronouns are a type of pronoun that take the place of another word, phrase, or clause. Similar to interrogative determiners,...
April 3, 2013 -
Grammatical Form of English Verb ClausesConsisting of a subject and a predicate, clauses are the smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition. Verb clauses...
April 2, 2013 -
The English Demonstrative Pronoun SystemDemonstrative pronouns are a type of pronoun that take the place of another word, phrase, or clause. Like demonstrative determiners, demonstrative...
April 1, 2013 -
Grammatical Form of English Adverb ClausesSimilar to the adverb and adverb phrases in grammatical function, an adverb clause is a dependent or subordinate clause that consists...
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The English Indefinite Pronoun SystemTraditional grammars defined pronouns as “small words that take the place of nouns and noun phrases.” In additional to the personal...
March 29, 2013
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