Morphology and Syntax Crossword

the study of word formation
the study of selecting and assembling words to build phrases, clauses and sentences
the system for the purpose of communicating a message
language is a _______ system due to the face that we are constantly adding new words to our dictionary.
the aspect of language containing phonology, morphology, and syntax
in the word "Skating" what type of morpheme is added to the base word?
another name for our vocabulary is called
a ____ is a person, place, thing or abstraction
What type of noun is the word "White House?"
What percent of nouns are included in a child's early lexicon?
function words that replace nouns
the words "myself, yourself, himself. herself, themselves, yourselves, ourselves, itself" are known as _______ pronouns
the muscle of an utterance
noun phrase + a verb phrase =
In the sentence, "Mark is growing carrots." what is the auxiliary verb?
"is, am, are, be, being, been, was, were" are all forms of what verb?
when a form of the verb 'to be' acts as the main verb, we call it the
____ acts as the verb 'to be', but looks different
There are two types of modifiers; adjectives and _____
_____ modifies nouns and pronouns
In the sentence, "she is an outstanding leader", the word "outstanding" is what type of adjective?
_____ provide modify verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
In the sentence, "I drove a very dingy car.", what is the adverb?
words that link words, phrases, and clauses
Which conjunction typically appears first?