Quiz #2 Answers
1. List and describe the three periods of grammar. (6 pts)
Traditional grammar focuses on the form of the word. Traditional grammar works on identifying the parts of speech.
Structural grammar looks at the order of how things are put together, the parts of speech. Structural grammar is the use of vocabulary and syntax. Structural grammar tries to describe the ways the words can be put together in formed sentences.
Transformational grammar developed in 1957 by Noam Chomsky. He believes that there is an underlying system of understanding language; all language starts inside. He believes that language is deep inside us, it is innate, and it is universal.
2. The first attempts to study grammar began in 4th cent. BC, in India. (2pts)
3. The traditional grammar form was derived from what language? (1 pt)
Latin language
4. List six of the eight parts of speech from traditional grammar. (6 pts)
Pronoun
Noun
Verb
Adverb
Adjective
Conjunction
Preposition
Interjections