Across
- 2. A group of words that may contain a subject and a verb. They can be classified into relative, adverbial, and Complement.
- 7. Guess the Tense and Aspect: “By 2028, I will have been training as a teacher for several years”.
- 9. The use of the linguistic knowledge a person has in real situations.
- 10. The linguistic knowledge a person has of a specific language.
- 11. ______ Grammar: An approach to grammar that formulates its rules based on the analysis of language as it is genuinely used in spoken and written contexts.
- 16. A syntactic unit that functions as a single part within a larger structure.
- 21. Linguistic universals, structural features that are common to all languages.
- 22. The study of words' denotative meaning in a specific language.
- 25. A word that modifies a noun by providing descriptive or identifying information.
- 26. Guess the Tense and Aspect: “By 2028, I will have graduated from the TTC.”
- 28. A Word that introduces a noun and specifies reference (e.g., articles, possessives, quantifiers).
- 29. A verb that selects a prepositional phrase as its complement.
- 31. The study of the internal structure of words, and how words enter the language.
- 32. Number word that expresses position or order (e.g., first, second).
- 34. A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb, often expressing manner, time, place, or degree.
- 35. Guess the Tense and Aspect: “I will help you understand this topic.”
- 36. ______ Grammar: An approach to grammar concerned with the “correct” use of a specific language.
- 38. The rules to create words into phrases and phrases into sentences.
Down
- 1. _________ structure: The underlying meaning of a sentence.
- 3. A morpheme that is added to a root, either to change meaning or word category.
- 4. The study of sound patterns in a language.
- 5. A word that replaces or refers to a noun.
- 6. A verb that requires a direct object.
- 8. ____________ grammar: A theory that proposes that humans possess innate faculties related to the acquisition of language.
- 9. The study of how meaning is constructed in different contexts.
- 12. Linguistic differences that exist between languages.
- 13. Words that indicate amount or quantity (e.g., some, many, few).
- 14. Type of determiner that specifies definiteness (the) or indefiniteness (a/an).
- 15. Word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
- 17. Guess the Tense and Aspect: “I’ve just finished the last exercise in the grammar book.”
- 18. Words that link clauses, sentences, or ideas (e.g., and, but, because).
- 19. Number word that expresses quantity (e.g., one, two, three).
- 20. A verb that takes two objects (usually a direct and an indirect object).
- 23. Word that has grammatical meaning rather than lexical meaning (e.g., prepositions, auxiliaries).
- 24. Word that expresses an action, event, or state.
- 27. A verb that does not take a direct object.
- 30. _________ Structures: “A single idea constituting a deep structure can be expressed in several different ___________________”
- 33. The father of modern Linguitics
- 37. A word that carries lexical meaning (e.g., nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs).