Glossary: Chapter 1

Word classes established on the basis of similarities in meaning, function and internal structure.

A part of speech that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word.

A part of speech that is used to replace nouns.

A verbal category that represents hypothetical (possible) situations and outcomes.

The use of two or more different root morphemes to represent the same lexeme in different grammatical contexts.

A verbal category that locates the moment when the described event occurs by relating it to the time of speaking (past, present, future).

A part of speech that describes features of human experience that unfold in time.

A verbal category that indicates whether the subject of the sentence corresponds to the doer of the action or to the semantic object.