Phonetics
Semantics & Syntaxtax
Morphology
100

Sound involves the close approximation of two articulators

Fricatives

100

What is syntax?

Syntax in linguistics refers to the arrangement of words and phrases to create meaningful sentences.

100

Look at the word breakdown diagram. In the word "unhappiness", which part is considered the root morpheme?

Happy.

200

Produced when one articulator approaches another but does not make the vocal tract so narrow that a turbulent airstream results.

Approximants

200

Look at the semantic map. What linguistic term defines the relationship between words like "big" and "large"?

Synonyms (Synonymy).

200

What is the smallest grammatical unit of meaning or function in a language?

A morpheme.



300

Results when an articulator is held loosely fairly close to another articulator

Trills

300

What semantic concept occurs when a single word has multiple, historically or conceptually related meanings, such as "head" referring to the body part, the top of a page, or the leader of a company?

Polysemy.

300

What type of morpheme is a bound morpheme that alters the grammatical category or core meaning of a word, such as turning the verb "teach" into the noun "teacher"?

A derivational morpheme.




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