Semantic Changes, Adverbs, and Linguistics
Semantic Changes: Words that, over the years, maintain their signifier but take on a different meaning. There are different linguistic causes for this:
- Historical: Changes due to shifts in reality.
- Psychological: Hatred or sympathy for certain animals has led to positive or negative qualities being applied to people.
- Social: Positive or negative reviews of societal actions and situations involving humans. Example: My sister is a “social ant.”
- Taboos: Words that, for various reasons, speakers are reluctant
Understanding Sentences: Types, Classes, and Structures
Understanding Sentences: Types and Classes
The statement, also known as a sentence, is the smallest unit of meaning characterized by expressing a complete thought. It possesses a specific intonation, is separated from other statements by pauses, and is autonomous. The intonation of a sentence expresses the speaker’s attitude or modality.
Sentence Classes
According to their constitution, sentences are classified as:
- Sentences: Expressing a complete thought (e.g., “The car was damaged.”)
- Non-Sentences:
Analyzing Scientific Discourse: Features and Textual Elements
Analyzing Scientific Discourse: Key Features
They have reformulated in a more appropriate way what has been said.
Argumentative Markers
Argumentative markers reinforce an argument (actually, in fact…) or introduce an example (in particular, for example…).
Morphosyntactic Features
Scientific discourse reflects the objectivity and validity of science. Its purpose is to avoid expressive elements, references to the issuer, the presence of the receptor, and resources of persuasion.
Sentence Structure
- Prevalence
Mastering Spanish Grammar: Plurality, Usage, and Common Errors
Tantum Plurality
Tantum plurality: A whole series of lexical coinages tend to be immobilized in the plural, indeed vague, nature of plurality of things or expressive reasons, without having to oppose a singular form: good news, annals, weddings… Related to them are nouns that refer to realities that have two or more parts or elements. Many of them have no singular form. These plurals behave in two ways: one unit and more. Example: pliers, shorts, handcuffs…
Tantum Singulari
Tantum Singulari: These
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SE: Values and Functions
SE Values
Without syntactic function:
- Inseparable from the verb (pronominal verbs): Él se arrepiente de su acción (He regrets his action).
- Modifier of the verb’s meaning: Él se acuerda de sus padres (He remembers his parents) / Acuerdan un trato (They agree on a deal).
- Inchoative aspect morpheme: Él se marcha a casa (He leaves for home).
- Middle voice morpheme: Juan se asusta de Ana (John is scared of Ana) / Ana se asusta (Ana gets scared).
- Intransitivization morpheme (transitive
Morphemes, Nouns, Adjectives, and Pronouns
The Morpheme Gender
The gender morpheme is one of the constituent morphemes of the noun, together with other morphemes. Necessarily, all nouns belong to one gender or another. From the point of view of the signifier, nouns can be variable or constant. Invariant nouns do not allow variation. Variables allow variation in several ways, for example, replacing the -a brand for female: “clienta” (female client). From the point of view of meaning, they may be unmotivated, having no reason to belong to one
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