This document discusses various grammatical features of language. It defines grammatical features as the elements that words can be broken down into, such as number, person, and tense. It then provides examples of special grammatical features like register, which determines what is appropriate in certain contexts. Collocations are discussed as words that commonly go together, like "stiff wind." Learning collocations is important for natural speech. Word class or parts of speech are also covered, with examples like nouns and verbs.
2. WHAT ARE GRAMMATICAL
FEATURES?
In attempting to understand language,
many researchers use features, the
elements into which linguistic units, such
is words, can be broken down.
Examples of features are NUMBER
(singular, plural, dual, ...), PERSON (1st,
2nd, 3rd), and TENSE (present, past,etc)
4. REGISTER
What is appropriate in certain
circumstances.
Example:
I dislike to play basketball. (It is
incorrect)
I dislike playing basketball.
5. COLLOCATIONS
Words that naturally go together. A collocation is a
combination of words that are commonly used
together; the simplest way of describing
collocations is to say that they just sound right to
native English speakers. Other combinations that
may mean the same thing would seem unnatural.
Collocations include noun phrases like stiff wind
andweapons of mass destruction, phrasal verbs
such asto get together and other stock phrases
such asthe rich and famous
It is important to learn collocations, because they are
important for the naturalisation of ones speech.
Besides, they broaden ones scope for expression.
6. EXAMPLES:
Do me a favour
Do the cooking
Have a bath
Have a drink
Break a leg
Break a promise
7. WORD CLASS
Parts of Spech.-Group of
words that are used in a
certain way.
All words belong to
categories called word
classes (or parts of speech)
according to the part they
play in a sentence.