Linguistic Subsystems

Phonology

Segmental Phonology

Suprasegmental Phonology

Morphology

Inflectional Morphology

Derivational Morphology

Syntax

Semantics

Pragmatics

Lexicon

Spelling

example: CCV (fly), VC (ok), CVC (cat), CVCC (best), CVVCCVC (learned)

example: number: book/books. tense: hop/hops/hopped/hopping. degree: slow/slower/slowest

example: Dad gave my book to mom is grammatically correct. To my book mom gave dad is not.

example: synonyms, antonyms, homophones, homonyms, hyponyms, converseness, polysemy, part/whole relationship

example: "Why have you not finished your homework yet?" as a student is playing video games rather than working on homework. The hidden meaning is to do the homework.

example: to use this, we need to know its sound/sequence, the meaning, the category, and how related words are formed.

example: S U P E R C A L I F R A G I L I S T I C E X P I A L I D O C I O U S