This document discusses the different types of grammatical categories. It identifies eight main categories: number, definiteness, tense and aspect, case, person, gender, and mood. For each category, it provides a brief definition and examples to illustrate how that category is expressed grammatically. The purpose is to define and explain the various kinds of grammatical categories that can cause words to change form for agreement.
This document discusses the different types of grammatical categories. It identifies eight main categories: number, definiteness, tense and aspect, case, person, gender, and mood. For each category, it provides a brief definition and examples to illustrate how that category is expressed grammatically. The purpose is to define and explain the various kinds of grammatical categories that can cause words to change form for agreement.
This document discusses the different types of grammatical categories. It identifies eight main categories: number, definiteness, tense and aspect, case, person, gender, and mood. For each category, it provides a brief definition and examples to illustrate how that category is expressed grammatically. The purpose is to define and explain the various kinds of grammatical categories that can cause words to change form for agreement.
This document discusses the different types of grammatical categories. It identifies eight main categories: number, definiteness, tense and aspect, case, person, gender, and mood. For each category, it provides a brief definition and examples to illustrate how that category is expressed grammatically. The purpose is to define and explain the various kinds of grammatical categories that can cause words to change form for agreement.
CATEGORIES GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY REFERS TO A SET OF SPECIFIC SYNTACTIC PROPERTIES OF WORDS THAT CAN CAUSE THOSE WORDS AND/OR OTHER RELATED WORDS TO CHANGE IN FORM FOR GRAMMATICAL REASONS (ENSURING AGREEMENT BETWEEN WORDS) THE VARIOUS KINDS OF GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: NUMBER, DEFINITENESS, TENSE AND ASPECT, CASE, PERSON, GENDER AND MOOD. 01 NUMBER The category NUMBER merely indicates the numerable property (singularity or plurality). It is a grammatical category of nouns, pronouns, and adjective and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions (such as "one", "two", or "three or more"). 02 DEFINITENESS The category DEFINITENESS distinguishes definite and indefinite nouns. This grammatical category is typically associated to nouns through the use of determiners. A determiner is a word that determines the kind of reference a noun or noun phrase has, for example a, an, the, every, some. 03 Tense and aspect The category TENSE refers to the time at which the actions or events took place. The time of an expression serves as a reference point to past, present or future.
The category ASPECT expresses the way in
which time is denoted by a verb. Aspect markers on verbs tell us whether an action is completed or is still continuing. This grammatical category relates to tense. The images above contain verbs that tell us about the state of the action. 04 CASE AND PERSON
The category CASE expresses the
functional role of a noun or noun phrase. This grammatical category conveys how different noun phrases in a sentence relate to the verb in different ways (subject, direct object or indirect object).
The category PERSON used to classify
pronouns according to whether they indicate the speaker (first person), the addressee (second person), or a third party (third person). 05 The category GENDER basically refers to a sub-division of nouns into masculine, gender and neuter.
The category MOOD relates to sentence
types (statements, questions and commands). Mood is employed to refer to different forms of finite verbs (indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional or subjunctive).