Phonetics/Phonology
teeth, tongue, lips, palate
What are "articulatory organs?"
Re-
Pre-
Anti-
Dis-
What are "prefixes?"
The study of sentence formation.
What is "syntax?"
What is "lexicon?"
The study of meaning in language.
What is Semantics?
In the production of these sounds, there is a complete obstruction (blockage) of airflow in the oral cavity.
What are "oral stops?"
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-ize
-ment
-ly
What are "suffixes?"
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
What are "lexical categories or parts of speech?"
An adult English speaker has a vocabulary of 20,000-40,000 words.
What is "vocabulary size?"
The study of meaning in context.
What is "Pragmatics?"
The articulation and perception of speech sounds.
What is "phonetics?"
This kind of morpheme can stand alone as a word.
What is a "free morpheme?"
When the subject of the sentence agrees with the verb or predicate of the sentence.
What is "subject-verb" agreement?" I agree with you; She agrees with you; They agree with you.
These types of words always allow new members to enter the lexicon.
What are "open classes?" or What are "nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs?"
Knowledge based on what has already been read or heard in a specific text or situation, as well as an understanding of what the writer's or speaker's intentions are, and the overall structure of the discourse pattern being used.
What is "context?"
speech sounds that contrast in similar contexts and make a difference in meaning, e.g. the vowel sounds in 'bit' vs. 'beat'
What is a "phoneme?"
The smallest linguistic unit that carries meaning or function.
What is a "morpheme?"
The sentence structure of English is SVO or subject-verb-object.
What is "word order?" English is a word order language.
When two words share the same root.
What are "cognates?"
The linguistic unit which is larger than a sentence and involves ways of connecting sentences, organizing information across sentence boundaries, and structuring storytelling, conversation, and interaction general.
What is "discourse?"
The sound systems of different languages and the study of such systems generally.
What is "phonology?"
Two free morphemes come together to form a word.
What is a "compound?" Cupcake, hotdog, playground, girlfriend
Words stick together in a systematic way, e.g. The big brown dog
What is a "noun phrase?"
A combination of words that commonly occur together, including idioms and metaphors.
What is a "collocation?"
A basic tenet of sociolinguistics defined as "what a speaker needs to know to communicate appropriately within a particular language community." Saville-Troike, 2003)
What is "communicative competence?"