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What does tense do in English?
Gives information about time
What information does the choice of aspect give?
Conveys the speaker's perception of time (and other things)
What are the two types of aspect?
Perfect and progressive
What does "voice" refer to?
Active or passive voice
Give some examples of what is referred to by "mood".
Indicative, imperative, subjunctive, modality
What does a finite clause include?
An inflected verb form
What does an non-finite clause include?
An infinitive (with or without "to") or -ing form
What's a state or stative verb?
One that isn't used for describing actions and can't be used in the progressive
What's the grammatical term for talking about meaning?
semantic
What's the term for talking about sentence construction?
syntax
What term is used for the study of the form of words?
morphology
What's the term for the sound system of a language?
phonology
