A Glossary of Grammatical Terms, E - O
echo
question
effected object
ellipsis
embedding
empty it
end position
epistemic modality
etymology
euphemism
existential there
extraposition
false friends
finite clause
finite verb
free indirect speech
free predicative
fronting
function word
fuzzy category
gender
generic reference
genitive
gradability
head
homograph
homonymy
homophone
hyponymy
idiom
imperative
indicative
indirect speech
infinitive
infinitive clause
infinitive marker
information principle
ing coordination
ing participle
ing participle clause
initial position
instrumental
intensifier
interactional
interrogative sentence
intonation
intransitive verb
inversion
irregular verb
it-cleft
iterative
left dislocation
lexeme
lexical teddy bear
lexical word
loan translation
long passive
main clause
marginal modal auxiliary
medial position
metalanguage
modal auxiliary
modality
modifier
monotransitive verb
mood
morpheme
multi-word verb
negator
nominal function
nominal relative clause
nominal subordinate clause
nominalization
nominalized adjective
no-negation
non-finite subordinate clause
non-finite verb
non-restrictive relative
clause
notional subject
not-negation
noun
noun phrase
number
numeral
obfuscation
object predicative
obligatory
oblique object
of-genitive
operator
optional