Thursday, March 17, 2011

33 Terms Every True Grammar Geek Should Know

Even the most vocal detractor of language lessons knows the difference between a noun and a pronoun. But it takes a special kind of grammar aficionado to pick up on the intricacies between the various verbs and plethora of pronouns. As with every passion, linguistics comes with its own unique vocabulary challenging fans to memorize them all. Hundreds more exist beyond these 33, but they certainly make for an amusing start! Especially that "eggcorn…"

  1. Adverbials

  2. Affixes

  3. Allophone

  4. Ambigram

  5. Anaphora

  6. Anti-Language

  7. Apposition

  8. Appositive

  9. Cataphora

  10. Dangling Modifiers

  11. Definite Article

  12. Deontic Modality

  13. Disjunct

  14. Dynamic Modality

  15. Eggcorn

  16. Emphatic Forms

  17. Epistemic Modality

  18. Homograph

  19. Indefinite Articles

  20. Malapropism

  21. Meiosis

  22. Metaplasm

  23. Metonymy

  24. Modal Verbs

  25. Morpheme

  26. Participle

  27. Passive Voice

  28. Phonemes

  29. Quantifier

  30. Reflexive Pronouns

  31. Synecdoche

  32. Tmesis

  33. Zero Article

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