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Modern English Language

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By: Eleanor Robinson
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Decks in this class (12)

Chapter 1: Introduction
Constituent,
Syntactic argumentation,
Linguistics
7  cards
Chapter 3: Words, Words Classes And Phrases
Lexeme,
Orthographic words,
Morphology
43  cards
Chapter 6: Predicates, Arguments and Thematic Roles
What are predicates,
What are arguments,
One place monadic predicate
23  cards
Chapter 2: Function
Active,
Adjunct,
Passive
22  cards
Chapter 7: X-Bar Syntax - Cross-categorial Generalisations
Adjoin adjunction,
Cross categorial generalisations,
Complement
11  cards
Chapter 8: More on Clauses
Agreement,
Inflection phrase ip,
I node
8  cards
Chapter 9: Movement
Movement,
Np movement
2  cards
Chapter 10: Tense, Aspect and Mood
Aspectuality and aspect,
Present tense,
Uses of the present tense present
27  cards
Chapter 11: Syntactic Argumentation
Intransitive preposition,
Occams razor,
Syntactic argumentation
10  cards
Chapter 12: Constituency - Movement and Substitution
Constituency,
Constituency tests,
Movement tests
12  cards
Chapter 13: Constituency - Some Additional Tests
Coordination test including right...,
Cleft and pseudocleft test,
Insertion test
8  cards
Chapter 4: More on Form - Clauses and Sentences
Clause,
Interrogative clause,
Declarative clause
10  cards

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