Introducing English Linguistics

do need a new car,
The child
is leaving, and The school has closed for the year.
primary stress:
The most prominent syllable in a word carries the primary stress. In the
word re.’mar.ka.ble, the primary stress would be on the second syllable.
principles:
Guidelines governing how language is used. For instance, whether the
command Hurry up is polite or impolite depends very much upon the con-
text in which it is uttered. If said to one’s child, it probably would not be
impolite. However, if said to someone the speaker does not know well, it
would most likely be highly impolite. Compare with rules.
productivity:
The extent to which a morphological process applies regularly and with-
out exception. For instance, the verb inflection -ing can be applied to the
base form of any verb. On the other hand, the derivational affix -ly can be
added to some but not all adjectives to create an adverb.
progressive aspect:
An aspect associated with -ing participles: was