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Basic Grammar Handout for Linguistics Courses
This is a basic vocabulary of grammar (not of linguistics). Please familiarize yourselves with
it – during lectures I will use this terminology constantly and expect you to follow without
difficulty. Go through the vocabulary NOW and mark the words you do not understand. There
are a number of websites that will assist you in learning what these words mean: go to a
reputable websearcher (e.g. www.google.com) and enter the words "Glossary Grammar
Terms" (or similar). Mark the most useful sites and use them frequently.
A
accusative
Active Voice of Verbs
Adjective
Adverb
Antecedent
Article
Auxiliary Verb
B
Basic Tenses (present, past, future, perfect,
progressive, etc.)
C
Case
Clause
Collective Noun
Comparative Degree
Complex Sentence
Conjunction
D
dative
Declarative Sentence
declension
definite article
demonstrative pronoun
Demonstratives
Dependent Clause
Determiner
Direct Object
E
Exclamation
G
Gender
genitive
Gerund
Gerundive
I
Imperative Mood
Imperative Sentence
indefinite
Independent Clause
Indicative Mood
Indirect Object
Infinitive
Inflection
Interjection
interrogative
Interrogative Pronoun
Interrogative Sentence
Intransitive Verb
irregular
L
Linking Verb
M
Main Clause
Main Verb
masculine
Modal Auxiliary Verb
Modifier
Modify
Mood
N
Negative
neuter
Nominative Case
Noun
Number (singular or plural)
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O
Object of Preposition
Objective Case (Accusative)
P
Part of Speech
Participle
Passive Voice
past participle
past tense
Perfect Tenses
Person (first person, second, third)
personal pronoun
Plural
Possessive Case (Genitive)
Possessive Pronoun
Predicate
prefix
Preposition
Prepositional Phrase
present participle
preterite
Progressive Tenses
Pronoun
Proper Adjective
Proper Noun
R
reflexive
Reflexive Pronoun
relative clause
Relative Pronoun
S
Sentence
Singular
Strong Verb
Subject
Subjective Case (Nominative)
Subjunctive Mood
Subordinate Clause
Subordinating Conjunction
suffix
Superlative
T
Tense of Verbs
Transitive Verbs
V
Verb (Part of Speech)
Vocative
W
Weak Verb