Morphology & Syntax Crossword Puzzle

the body of rules used to construct sentences; the way in which words are put together to form phrases or clauses; and how clauses and phrases are but together to form sentences.
the smallest unit of language that has meaning
at its most basic construction, a sentence is a noun phrase + a ____ _____
a word or group of words which have a shared purpose within the sentence; can modify the NP or VP
an assembly of phrases, having its own subject and predicate
cannot exist apart from other language elements as it does not carry sufficient information; cannot stand alone
the three noun _____ are nominative, possessive, and objective
what is the direct object in this sentence?: Mr. Smith presented the award to the student.
third person objective plural pronoun
______ represent 60% of child’s early vocabulary
not all verb phrases contain a(n)
the use of any of the forms of the verb to be as the main verb of the sentence or clause
a modal auxiliary verb that begins with "w"
verbs that are inflected for past tense by changing the internal structure
past perfect tense always contains ____ before the verb
present participle verb acting as a noun
words(adjectives) which are used to modify nouns BUT they have come from a different grammatical class to do so
what part of speech is "recently" in this sentence?: I chased a dog recently.
superlative form of quick
type of adverb that answers the question "how?" or "in what way?"
_______ link words, expanded phrases, and clauses together.
what type of adverb is "so" in this sentence?: "I need to move my car so he can get out."
morphemes that will change form, but also change meaning or grammatical class, or both
morphemes that change form of the word, not the meaning or grammatical class
pronouns that refer back to a “general” person, place, thing, or abstraction; may function as a pronoun or adjective