Modern Linguistics: An Introduction |
Common terms and phrases
adjective Affix allomorphs allophones analysis applied articulation C-command called Chomsky communication Comp component consonants constituent context data given deep structure deleted derived diagram dialect diphthongs elements English Examine the data example following sentences free morphemes free variation fricatives function girl grammar Hindi human language John lexical lexical category lexicon Mary meaning Modal Mohan moved nasal node notion noun phrase NP Aux VP passive pattern Paul phonemes phonological Phrase Structure Phrase Structure Rules plosives plural POINTS TO CONSIDER position Prague School predictable Prep NP Prep Ph preposition PROBLEMS FOR PRACTICE questions relations relationship representation represented Robert semantic sequence sounds speaker specified speech sphota stress subcategorization subcategorization frame suffixes surface structure syllable symbol syntactic syntax T-rules tagmemes Tamil Tense tion Trace Theory transformational rules types unaspirated units verb voiced voiceless vowel Wh-Movement Wh-word words