CONJUNCTION-a word connecting clauses.

CONJUGATION-a connected view of the inflexions of a verb. CONSONANT- -a letter that cannot be sounded without the aid of a

vowel.

COPULA-what connects, or expresses the agreement and disagreement of, subject and predicate.

COORDINATE of equal rank or position; applied to the members of a compound sentence, and to the conjunctions which connect them. CORRELATIVE-terms mutually related, which explain each other, and are not able to exist, but together.

DIMINUTIVE-a word formed by adding to the primitive a suffix which signifies 'little,' and has the effect of diminishing or weakening the signification.

DIPTHTHONG-two vowels sounded together.

DISTRIBUTIVE—a word taken for all and for each of the things signified by it.

DECLENSION the deviation of the oblique cases from the nomina.tive or true noun.

DEFINITION—an explanatory sentence.

DEFECTIVE wanting some of its parts.

DERIVATION-the process of word formation by modifying the letters of the root, or by adding thereto prefixes or suffixes. DERIVATIVE—a word formed from another by the modification of its letters, or by the addition of an affix.

(i) PRIMARY—is a word formed direct from the root.

(ii) SECONDARY-is a word formed from a primary derivative.'

EMPHASIS is the stress laid on a word in a sentence.

ETYMOLOGY-is that part of Grammar which treats of the true matter or meaning and form of words.

FACTITIVE VERB-See VERB.

FIGURE OF SPEECH-a peculiar form of expression.

GENDER-a grammatical form expressive of class or sex.

GERUND-a verbal noun- a carrying on or performing the im

*See note A, p. 8,

perfect participle generalized, and denoting not an object being or doing, but the mere fact of being or doing.'

GRAMMAR-the Principles which guide language form the SCIENCE of GRAMMAR.

As an ART GRAMMAR is concerned with the right use in speech
or writing of Rules deduced from these principles.

GOVERNMENT is the power one word has to regulate another.
HYPOTHETICAL-vide PROPOSITION.

IDIOM-an expression peculiar to a language.

IMPERSONAL VERB-vide VERB.

IMPROPRIETY—a grammatical error offending against ETYMOLOGY. INFLEXION-the variation of words in termination due to number, gender, case, degree, &c.

INTENTION—the mode in which the mind views any outward object of thought.

INTERJECTION- —a word expressing feeling and not thought.
IRREGULAR VERB-vide VERB.

LETTER-the symbol of a sound.

(i) MUTE—a letter that cannot be sounded at all without the aid of a vowel.

(ii) LIQUID—a letter that combines most easily with others.

METRE―is the measured arrangement of words in a verse.
is the combination of syllables similarly affected.
MOOD-a grammatical form expressing the manner of an action.
NOUN-the name of any object of sense or subject of thought.

(i) PROPER NOUN-is the name of any individual person, place, or thing.
(ii) COMMON NOUN—is a name common to all individuals of the same
class the name of a distributed conception.'

(iii) ABSTRACT NOUN-is the name of anything which we only conceive of in our minds as having a real independent existence.

(iv) COLLECTIVE NOUN-is the name of a class in which the idea of Unity is prominent-'of an undistributed conception.'

(v) NOUN OF MULTITUDE-is the name of a class in which the idea of Number is prominent.

(vi) PROPRIATE-expresses some special notion or character affecting the meaning of the original word.

NUMBER*. -is a grammatical form expressing one, or more than one, of the things indicated by the name.

(i) SINGULAR-expresses one.

(ii) PLURAL-expresses more than one.

OBSOLETE-Out of use.

ORTHOEPY-the art of correct pronunciation.
ORTHOGRAPHY-the art of correct spelling.
PARTICLE a small indeclinable word.

PARTICIPLE—a word partaking the functions of the ADJECTIVE and VERB-a 'verbal Adjective.'

PARAGRAPH-a section of discourse nearly related to preceding

parts.

PASSIVE-vide VOICE.

PERSON*

*—a grammatical form expressive of distinctive relation : i.e. distinguishes the speaker, the hearer, and person or thing spoken of. PARAPHRASE-an amplified version of any discourse.

PHRASE-two or more related words not making a complete expression of thought.

PREDICATE

(Logically) that which is asserted of the subject.
(Grammatically) = copula + attribute.

PREPOSITION-a word connecting other words, and expressing a relation between them.

PRONOUN-a word used instead of a noun.

(i) PERSONAL-simple substitute for the name of a Person or Thing.
(ii) REFLEXIVE-denotes the same person or thing as the person or thing
spoken of.

(iii) INDEFINITE—represents a noun without specifying any individual.
(iv) DEMONSTRATIVE-points out the object to which it refers.

(v) POSSESSIVE-is a substitute for the possessive case of the Personal Pronoun.

(vi) RELATIVE—in addition to being a substitute for the name of a person or thing refers to something gone before, and so connects the parts of the sentence together.

(vii) INTERROGATIVE-asks a question.

(viii) DISTRIBUTIVE-represents a noun, and at the same time more than one individual of the class.

(ix.) RECIPROCAL-expresses mutual feeling and action. PROPOSITION-is an asserting sentence (Logically).

-is the asserting part of a sentence (Grammatically).

(i) CATEGORICAL-asserts absolutely, i.e. without a condition.
(ii) HYPOTHETICAL-asserts with a condition.

PROSODY-is that part of Grammar which treats of Rhyme, Rhythm, Metre, and Accent.

QUANTITY-is the length or brevity of a vowel sound.

REDUNDANT-more than necessary.

RHYME-the recurrence of similar final sounds.

RHYTHM-the harmonious arrangement of words.
ROOT-a word reduced to its simplest form.
SENTENCE-a complete expression of thought.

(i) SIMPLE SENTENCE-has one Predicate.

(ii) COMPLEX SENTENCE has two or more Predicates, one principal and the others dependent or subordinate.

(iii) COMPOUND SENTENCE-consists of two or more principal or coordinate assertions.

SOLECISM (TOλokioμòs) Soloi, a colony of Cilicia, corrupted the pure Attic Greek, hence—' a grammatical error violating the laws of Syntax.'

SUBJUNCTIVE-a mood or word subjoined, or conditionally dependent on a preceding mood, word, or clause.

STRONG a term applied to a tense, number, &c., retaining the same form as the primitive word, or derived from it by a radical change.

SUBORDINATE—of inferior or dependent position, applied to some members of a complex sentence and to the conjunctions which connect them.

SYLLABLE-a simple vowel sound, with or without one or more

consonants.

SYNTAX-that part of Grammar which treats of the right arrangement of words in a sentence.

TENSE-a grammatical form expressive of the time of an action.

TERM-really the extreme of a proposition; now, a 'word limited

to a particular signification.'

THEORY-the principle that accounts for a classification of facts. VERB-the principal word in a sentence.

(i) SUBSTANTIVE VERB-asserts what things are.

(ii) IMPERSONAL VERB-has no clear source of action expressed.
(iii) UNIPERSONAL-has the source of the action represented by It.

(iv) TRANSITIVE-passes the action on to an object.

(v) INTRANSITIVE-is one in which the action ceases with the verb.
(vi) AUXILIARY-assists other verbs in the formation of Voice, Mood,

and Tense.

(vii) Regular, or weak-forms its past tense by adding t, d, or ed, to

the present.

(viii) IRREGULAR, or strong-forms its past tense from the present by a radical change, or retains the same form for both.

(ix) Redundant—has more than one form for the past tense, or perfect participle, or both.

(x) DEFECTIVE-is used only in some tenses and moods.

(xi) REFLECTIVE—has the same person for object and subject.

(xii) Causative-denotes the action or situation as being caused or effected in an object.

(xiii) INTENSIVE-strengthens the meaning.

(xiv) DIMINUTIVE-lessens or weakens the meaning.

(xv) INCEPTIVE-expresses the commencement of an action, or a change

of state.

(xvi) FREQUENTATIVE-expresses the repetition of an action.

(xvii) FACTITIVE-signifies to make, to appoint.

(xviii) PERSONAL-one that has a subject in the first, second, or third person. VOWEL -a letter that has a full open sound.

VOICE-a grammatical form expressive of a state of doing or suffering.

(i) ACTIVE-expresses a state of doing.

(ii) PASSIVE-expresses a state of suffering.

(iii) MIDDLE-expresses neither the act of an agent nor the suffering of an object.

WEAK-a term applied to a tense, number, &c., derived from the primitive word by the addition of a suffix.

WORD-the sign or symbol of a thing or thought.

-consists of a syllable or combination of syllables possessing

a distinct signification.