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What is an English language alphabet? How many letters of the alphabet are in the English language? What is an example of English language alphabet? What is an English language word? What are examples of English language words? How many English language words are there? How many English language words’ definitions should you know? Is there any difference between root words with prefixes, suffixes, word inflections, and derived words? What is the difference between root words with prefixes, suffixes, word inflections, and derived words? What is a morpheme? What are the modifying phrases in English sentences? What is a student expected to know about the English language at the age of 10 years? What is a student expected to know about the English language at the age of 18 years? If you have any English language grammar or style questions, issues, problems, or editing needs, feel free to ask. What should you know about an English language word? English Grammar Inflections What is the difference between root words with prefixes, suffixes, word inflections, and derived words? How do you define English grammar inflections? What are some examples of English grammar inflections? Are English grammar inflections applicable to nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, and/or interjections? English Grammar Word Functions What do English grammar word functions reveal in a sentence? What is the function of a word in a sentence? Is it a subject, verb, direct object, indirect object, modifier, or function word? |
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What is an English language alphabet? http://www.qureshiuniversity.org/Alphabet.html http://www.qureshiuniversity.org/alphabet.html What is an English language word? The term word may refer to a spoken word or to a written word, or sometimes to the abstract concept behind either. A word is the smallest unit of a language that can exist on its own in either written or spoken language. A morpheme such as -ly, used to create an adverb cannot exist without the adjective it modifies; it is not a word, although the adjective it modifies can exist alone and, therefore, is a word: Here are further guidelines. What should you know about an English language word? This is relevant to English language words. 1. Definition All words have a definition. 2. Usage All words have well-defined usage. 3. Word origin All words have an origin. 4. English word class (part of speech) All words belong to one of the classes of words: adjective, adverb, noun, pronoun, verb, preposition, pronoun, or interjection. 5. Pronunciation All words have a specific pronunciation. 6. Synonyms Not all words have synonyms. 7. Antonyms Not all words have antonyms. 8. Names in other languages (Spanish: adjective) or at least one other language. Not all words exist in other languages. 9. Inflections Not all words have inflection. 10. Homonyms (Yes/No) Not all words have homonyms. 11. Derivations Not all words do have derivations. 12. Length All words have a length. 13. Syllables All words have syllables. 14. Homophone Not all words have a homophone. 15. Homograph Not all words have a homograph. 16. Plural Not all words have a plural. 17. Functions in a sentence All words fulfill some function in a sentence depending on whether the sentence is a question or a declarative, imperative, or exclamatory sentence. Functions (Declarative sentence): Subjects - Predicates - Direct Objects - Indirect Objects - Objects of the Preposition 18. Position of the word in questions and in declarative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences. All words have well-defined positions in questions and in declarative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences. 19. Example sentences (question, declarative, imperative, exclamatory) All words have example sentences. 20. Example sentences with tenses (question, declarative) Not all sentences have tenses. Only questions and declarative sentences have tenses. 21. Punctuation Not all words need to be punctuated in a sentence. 22. Style Not all words need to be capitalized in a sentence. Do you think anything needs to be added? Take a look at this. What is the word? Alphabet What do you have to do? How will you explain this word in the given parameters? Definition Usage Word origin English word class (part of speech) Pronunciation Synonyms Antonyms Names in other languages Inflections Homonyms (Yes / No) Derivations Length: 8 characters Syllables Example sentences What is the usage of this word? Can you make at least four different sentences using words you know? Definition What is the definition of this word? A set of symbols, components, or letters in a particular order that are used for writing a language. Word origin What is the etymology or origin of this word? Most lexicographers believe that the origin of English words is Latin. That is not correct. English language is the most evolved. Other languages develop from the most evolved languages. An English word can have an equivalent in Latin, Greek, or other languages. That does not mean it originated from that language. If any lexicographer presents the origin of an English word from Latin or any other language, ask them these questions: How did you verify that this English word originated from Latin or any other language? Did the English language exist first or did the Latin or other language exist first? What is the proof of these findings? Parts of speech What part of the speech does this word belong to? What is it? Noun Synonym What is the synonym of this word? Antonym What is the antonym of this word? Names in other languages What is this word in other languages? Spanish alphabetum Kashmiri alfaz Inflections Are inflections (prefix, suffix, plural, possessive) applicable to this word? What are the details of inflections of this word? Do all English words have inflections? No, they do not. Nouns, verbs, and adjectives have inflections. Now adverbs also have inflections. Pronunciation How is this word pronounced? The individual symbols or letters of alphabet are pronounced differently. Consonants Vowels Stress Derivative Are there any words derived from this word? Is there a difference between word inflection and a derived word in English grammar? Yes, there is. What is a derived word? In English grammar, it is a word that is formed from another word and that belongs to another class of word. Electronic (adjective) electronically (Adverb). Do all adjectives have derived adverbs? Example sentences. How many different patterns of sentences can you make with one word? You can make more than 30 different sentences from one word. How do you use this word in interrogative, declarative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences? When did the English alphabet come into existence? (Interrogative) The English alphabet has 26 letters. (Declarative) Memorize the English alphabet. (Imperative) What a nice photograph of the English alphabet! (Exclamatory) What is a morpheme? A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit in the grammar of a language. Example The word 'uneconomical' has three morphemes, 'un-', 'economy' and '-al'. 'un-' is a negative and a bound morpheme (appearing only with other morphemes), 'economy' is a free morpheme, and '-al' is a bound morpheme which forms an adjective. The most common bound morphemes are prefixes and suffixes. They are frequently taught by looking at word families based on the same free morpheme. |
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Lexicology
What is lexicology? The study of the form and meaning of words. |
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Lexicography What is Lexicography? The process or work of writing, editing, or compiling a dictionary. |
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Phrase What is a phrase? Here are further guidelines. |
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What are root words? What is a word family? Why do I need to know root words? What are some examples of word families? |
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Understanding Root Words
What are root words? A root word is a real word. We make new words from root words by adding prefixes and suffixes. What is a word family? A word family is a group of words that share the same root word. Why do I need to know root words? Understanding root words will help you with spelling other words because word families share spelling patterns. If you recognize the root of an unfamiliar word, it will help you to figure out what the word is and what it means. What are some examples of word families? This chart list several word families. http://www.qureshiuniversity.com/wordfamilies.html Glossary What is glossary? What is the opposite of glossary? What is the plural of glossary? What is the meaning of the word glossary? A glossary, also known as a vocabulary, or clavis, is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms. Traditionally, a glossary appears at the end of a book and includes terms within that book that are either newly introduced, uncommon, or specialized. While glossaries are most-commonly associated with non-fiction books, in some cases, fiction novels may come with a glossary for unfamiliar terms. A bilingual glossary is a list of terms in one language defined in a second language or glossed by synonyms (or at least near-synonyms) in another language. In a general sense, a glossary contains explanations of concepts relevant to a certain field of study or action. In this sense, the term is related to the notion of ontology. Automatic methods have been also provided that transform a glossary into an ontology[1] or a computational lexicon. Alphabetically arranged reference work that gives brief definitions of words related to a specific topic. Also called controlled vocabulary. Differences Between Glossaries & Indexes Glossaries and indexes usually appear in the back sections of textbooks and journals. They both provide readers with auxiliary information. The glossary provides definitions of terms appearing in the book, while the index points readers to a particular subject's location in the book. Here are further guidelines. Here are further guidelines. Derivation (linguistics) In linguistics, derivation is the process of forming a new word on the basis of an existing word, e.g. happiness and unhappy from happy, or determination from determine. It often involves the addition of a morpheme in the form of an affix, such as -ness, un- and -ation in the preceding examples. Derivation stands in contrast to the process of inflection, which means the formation of grammatical variants of the same word, as with determine/determines/determining/determined. Derivational patterns[edit]Derivational morphology often involves the addition of a derivational suffix or other affix. Such an affix usually applies to words of one lexical category (part of speech) and changes them into words of another such category. For example, the English derivational suffix -ly changes adjectives into adverbs (slow ? slowly). Examples of English derivational patterns and their suffixes: adjective-to-noun: -ness (slow ? slowness) adjective-to-verb: -ise (modern ? modernise) in British English or -ize (archaic ? archaicize) in American English adjective-to-adjective: -ish (red ? reddish) adjective-to-adverb: -ly (personal ? personally) noun-to-adjective: -al (recreation ? recreational) noun-to-verb: -fy (glory ? glorify) verb-to-adjective: -able (drink ? drinkable) verb-to-noun (abstract): -ance (deliver ? deliverance) verb-to-noun (agent): -er (write ? writer) How many headwords are there in English language? 470,000 words up to January 1, 2014. How many total words are there in English language? There are more than 1 million English language words. What English language classes of words have word inflections? Adjectives Adverbs Nouns Verbs What English language classes of words do not have word inflections? Conjunctions Interjections Prepositions Pronouns Words not useful What words are not useful? Finance Banking Tourism Words in English language that exist in these areas are not useful. Do not get misled by these words. These words dispute and/or conflict with various rights, issues, and concepts like human rights, essential commodities act, and essential services maintenance acts. Learn about economics, budget, and human rights instead of finance, banking, and tourism. Go through economy, budget, and human rights, and issues will be clear. How have words been arranged? Words (text format/lowercase) Words (text format) Words (html format) Word classes (or parts of speech) (text format) Word classes (or parts of speech) (html format) Here are further guidelines. Words not useful |