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Flashcards by Sarah Bryans-Bongey, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Sarah Bryans-Bongey
over 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| 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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