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 Forms of English Verb PhrasesA verb phrase is a phrase in which a verb functions as the head of the phrase plus any auxiliaries (modals,...
April 29, 2014 -
The Forms and Functions of Clauses in English GrammarThe smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition, a clause is defined as a grammatical structure that contains a...
April 25, 2014 -
English Verbs: Copular, Auxiliary, Modal, and Main VerbsAs defined by traditional grammars, verbs are “action or state of being words.” Within verb phrases in English, there are four...
April 22, 2014 -
Using Postpositional Phrases as Disjunct AdverbialsTraditional grammars notionally define adpositions as words that “link to other words, phrases, and clauses” and that “express spatial or temporal...
April 18, 2014 -
Using Postpositional Phrases as Adjunct AdverbialsNotional grammars define adpositions as words that “link to other words, phrases, and clauses” and that “express spatial or temporal relations.”...
April 15, 2014 -
Spanish Conditional: Form of the Conditional Mood of Irregular Spanish VerbsThe conditional mood in Spanish is a verb form that refers to verbs in the present tense, simple aspect, conditional mood,...
April 11, 2014 -
Spanish Conditional: Form and Use of the Conditional Mood of Regular Spanish VerbsThe conditional mood is a verb conjugation in the Spanish language that refers to verbs in the present tense, simple...
April 8, 2014 -
English InterjectionsInterjections as words that “express pain, surprise, anger, pleasure, or some other emotion or sentiment.” Grammatical Form Grammatical Form of English...
April 4, 2014 -
English Quasi-modal VerbsThe modal verb is a distinct auxiliary verb form characteristic of the English language that differs from prototypical verbs in grammatical...
April 1, 2014 -
Using Interjections as InterjectorsNotional grammars traditionally define interjections as words that “express pain, surprise, anger, pleasure, or some other emotion or sentiment.” Unlike the...
March 28, 2014 -
Grammatical Function of English InterjectionsTraditional grammars notionally define interjections as words that “express pain, surprise, anger, pleasure, or some other emotion or sentiment.” Interjections perform...
March 25, 2014 -
Grammatical Form of English InterjectionsInterjections in English are traditionally defined as words that “express pain, surprise, anger, pleasure, or some other emotion or sentiment.” Similar...
March 21, 2014 -
Using Postpositions as Postpositional Phrase HeadsAdpositions are words that “link to other words, phrases, and clauses” and that “express spatial or temporal relations.” In addition to...
March 18, 2014 -
Spanish Pronouns: Subject, Object, Reflexive, and Prepositional PronounsPronouns are traditionally defined as small words that take the place of nouns. Within the Spanish pronoun system, the six of...
March 14, 2014 -
The Possessive Determiner in English GrammarDeterminers are a closed class of words that provide information such as familiarity, location, quantity, and number about a noun or...
March 6, 2014
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