LIN204H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Adverb
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4 parts of speech- noun, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are labeled form classes because each class share the ability to change their form by accepting derivational and/ inflectional morphemes. Form- literally to the shape of the word. (phrase, clause)- its pronunciation and spelling. ( or with inflectional suffix > plural) Function- most nouns can follow an article ( a desk), or can fit into the blank in a sentence like the following- Form- we can know if the word is know by adding as an affix a noun- making derivational morpheme (consistency, communism) Most nouns can become plural (girl/girls) or possessive (girl"s). This helps us to differentiate between nouns and adjectives that have identical bases forms. Most nouns can appear after articles ( the girl, a girl), possessives ( her girls), numbers ( three girls) or demonstratives (that girl). Frame sentence - (the)________ seem(s) alright ( necessary/ inevitable)
