Glossary: Chapter 1

An inflected form that marks the word as the object of the sentence.

A part of speech that describes properties of nouns.

A part of speech that describes properties of verbs.

A part of speech that is used to link nouns to the broader context of speech.

A verbal category that specifies the way of viewing the internal temporal structure denoted by a verb (simple, progressive, perfect).

An inflected form of a noun that indicates the grammatical function of the noun with respect to other words in the sentence.

A part of speech that is used to join clauses or sentences.

The parts of speech that are relatively low in meaning (preposition, conjunction, article, interjection, pronoun).

An inflected form of a noun that marks the noun as being masculine, feminine or neuter.

Adjectifs and adverbs that have three forms that contrast on the dimension of comparison.