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Structures of
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Fall Semester 2014
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adjective
something added to something else ... In grammar, a word or string of words added to a noun to describe or define it. Some grammarians say adjectives "qualify" a noun. Others say they "modify" a noun. In the hands of unsteady writers, the family of adjectives can become profuse and cumbersome, or lush and ponderous, or exuberant and doleful. Oops! [see interjection]
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infinitive
"... the verb in its primitive state," Cobbett (1848) writes … to march, for example, is infinitive "because it is without bounds or limit." The action of marching occurs without the constraint of person, number, or time. "The little word to makes, in fact, a part of the verb," the 19th century grammarian writes. "This word to is, of itself, a preposition; but, as prefixed to verbs, it is merely a sign of the Infinitive Mode." March, then, is a verb transformed through usage to function as noun.
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interjection
inter = between + jectio = thrown, as in something thrown between. Ah! Oh! Alas! Is an interjection really a part of speech? Some say No! — as in No Way! Emoticons could be a new form of interjection.
:--) Lions and tigers and bears Oh My!
Struc tures
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CIED 5543
The University of Arkansas
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Chapters Two and Three
What's in a word? To teach or not to teach? Key points include the phase structure diagram, definitions of grammar terms, concepts about teaching grammar to adults, the contrast between explicit and implicit teaching styles, and popular approaches to teaching grammar.
Week One: Welcome!
A brief welcoming presentation including "Funny Grammar" and the plan for our first class.
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