Phonology
A voiced phoneme uses this body part to create sound.
Vocal cords
This group of bound morphemes can be used to understand word meanings and origins.
Root words
This branch of semantics is the study of word meaning, often looking at dictionary definitions and comparing actual usage.
Lexical semantics
aɪ skrim, ju skrim, wi ɔl skrim fɔr aɪs krim.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
This country held the first National Woman's Day in 1909, but the holiday stopped being celebrated in 1913.
United States of America
This is the study of where speech sounds can go in words, which varies among languages.
Phonotactics
Morphemes are classified into two general categories, bound and this, which means they are independent.
Free
This branch of semantics looks at the context in which things are said and how this changes meaning.
Pragmatics
aɪ sɔ ə ˈkɪtən ˈitɪŋ ˈʧɪkən ɪn ðə ˈkɪʧən.
I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
In 1910, Clara Zetkin from this country, agreed to create an international Women's Day.
Germany
A single speech sound is called this, such as /n/ or /t/.
Phoneme
When new words emerge through combining existing ones.
Compounding
This is the term for a word that is pronounced the same or similarly, but which has a very different meaning.
Homonym
ˈlɛsər ˈlɛðər ˈnɛvər ˈwɛðərd ˈwɛtər ˈwɛðər ˈbɛtər
Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better
What year was the first International Women's Day celebrated?
1911
Linguists use this alphabet to transcribe phonemes, allowing them to study languages they do not speak.
International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA
Changing meaning, part of speech, or creating a new word.
Derivational
This type of semantic analysis looks at how words are defined by the pieces that make up each word, being either present, absent, or indifferent [neutral]
Componential Analysis
ˈbɛti bɑt ə bɪt ʌv ˈbʌtər. bʌt ðə ˈbʌtər ˈbɛti bɑt wʌz ˈbɪtər.
Betty bought a bit of butter. But the butter Betty bought was bitter.
What year did the UN begin promoting International Women's Day?
1977
This is a single speech sound that stars at or near one vowel and moves to or toward the position of another.
Diphthong
Changing form or usage
Inflectional
This type of analysis looks at how words are grouped with related words and meanings.
Lexical fields
ˈsɪzərz ˈsɪzəl, ˈθɪsəlz ˈsɪzəl.
Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle.
What movements does International Women's Day come from?
Suffrage movement (right to vote) and feminism.