Grammar terms
Kool: Tartu Ülikool (TÜ)
Aine: English grammar
Kategooria: Inglise keel
Postitatud: 20 veebruar 2025
Postitaja: KülalislahkeÖöliblikas
Kirjeldus
Terms Revision questions 1. INTRODUCTION Be ready to explain the terms synchronic approach to language- the focus is on language as it exists at a specific moment in time like the use of modal verbs in contemporary English or present perfect in the 16th c. English diachronic approach to language- the focus in language study is on how language has changed over a certain time period like the development of modal verbs in English prescriptive grammar vs. descriptive grammar- provides rules that tell the speaker the way the language should be written/spoken in order for the speaker to appear correct and educated for example not saying aint not ending a sentence with a preposition etc. Whereas descriptive grammar describes the grammar that underlines the actual usage of speakers of the language components of grammar (phonology morphology semantics syntax) - Phonology studies the structure and systematic patterning of sounds in human language - Morphology is the study …