INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH STUDIES English linguistic terminology

ablaut direct speech participle

abstract noun discourse marker passive
accent ellipsis perfect
acronym emphasis person
active emphatic pronoun phrase
adjective ending phrasal verb
adverb extralinguistic reality plural
adverbial finite verb polysemy
affirmative sentence formal possessive
affix function word predicate
agent gender predicative
alliteration genitive prefix
ambiguity gerund preposition
anaphora grammar preterite
antecedent head progressive
antonymy homograph proper noun
apposition homophone pro-form
article homonym pronoun
attributive hybrid quantifier
auxiliary verb hyperonym question tag
back-formation hyponym reported speech
base form idiolect root
blending idiom 's genitive
borrowing imperative sentence
case indirect object simple tense
clause indirect speech singular
cleft sentence infinitive slang
cohesion informal sociolect
collocation -ing form standard
colloquial intensifier statement
common noun interrogative stress
comparative intransitive strong form
complement irregular style
compound jargon subject
concord lexeme subordinate clause
concrete noun lexical verb substitution
conditional lexis sub-standard
conjunction lingua franca suffix
connotation mass noun superlative
context metalanguage synonym
continuous metaphor taboo word
contraction modal verb temporal
co-ordinate clause modifier tense
copula monosemy transitive
core vocabulary mood uncount / uncountable
count / countable noun negative noun
defective verb non-finite verb verb
denotation noun verb aspect
dependent clause number voice
determiner paradigm weak form
direct object paraphrase word

Sources: Swan, M. (1999): Practical English Usage.

Hladký, J; Růžička, M.; Vlčková, J. (1998): Úvod do studia anglického jazyka.