COMD 2050 : ComD Exam 2 Study Guide
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Structural analysis- type of descriptive approach whose main concern is to investigate the distribution of forms in a language. Constituent analysis- type of descriptive approach designed to show how small constituents (or components) in a sentence go together to form larger constituents hierarchical organization- sentence contains the noun phrase, which contains the noun, etc. Communication disorders 2050 exam 2 study guide complement phrase- a structure such as that mary helped george used to complete a construction beginning with a structure such as sally knew. Theme- (patient) the entity that is involved in or affected by the action; can also be an entity that is being described. Instrument- an agent uses another entity in order to perform an action (he drew a picture with a crayon) Experiencer- when a noun phrase is used to designate an entity as the person who has a feeling, perception, or state (the boy feels sad) Location- where an entity is (on the table)
