LING 020 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Onomatopoeia, Back-Formation, Part Of Speech
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You will need: an eraser, a #2 pencil, a pen, and a scantron form (882-e) Study the following areas/terms in detail; review all areas discussed in lecture (use your lecture notes as guidelines) and re-read all relevant parts of each chapter. Review all important terms in boldface, review your homework assignments. Standard and non-standard dialects prescriptive vs descriptive grammar. Standard english is the english used by governmnets, schools, businesses etc. Non-standard english is the everyday speak that varies from group to group. Modes of communication include: speaking, writing, and sign language. Enrichment of lexicon: compounding, blends, functional shift, backformation, etc. Lexical categories (parts of speech): verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs. Derivation is the process of using affixation to create words. Derivation involves adding morphemes that change the meaning and the lexical category (not mutually exclusive). Changes verb tense, adds number, does not change meaning. Free morphemes can stand alone and make sense.
