Language: What Teachers Need to Know

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Based on the Wright textbook entitled Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners, this set of flashcards describes basic subsystems of language (Wright, 2015).
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Phonology A subsystem of language that is traditionally studied by linguists. It is the study of sound systems of a language.
Phoneme A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language. It has the potential to cause a change in the word's meaning. E.g. /o/ and /a/ used in between c___p changes a word from cop to cap due to the use of different phonemes.
Morphology The study of the structure of words.
Morpheme This is the smallest unit that carries meaning. For example the word books has two of these. One can stand alone and the other is consider a "bound m_________"
Syntax The study of the rules that guide how words are combined to form sentences and the rules governing the arrangement of sentences.
Semantics The study of the meaning of words, phrases and sentences. Some sentences can be grammatically correct but if semantics are not in order, the sentence or phrase may not follow the rules of logic.
Synonyms Words that have the have meaning.
Antonyms Words that have opposite meanings.
Homophones Words that sound the same but have different meanings (e.g., deer, dear).
Homonyms Words that have two or more meanings (ruler the measuring device and ruler the queen).
Hyponyms Words that are included in the meaning of another word or category (e.g., daffodil is a hyponym of flower).
Converseness Refers to a reciprocal semantic relationship (e.g., child/parent)
Pragmatics The study of language from the point of view of the users. This is highly contextualized and relates to individual and situation.
Lexicon This is the vocabulary of a language.
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