THE PHONOLOGICAL
SYSTEM
SYSTEM
The smallest unit of sound
What is Phoneme?
(/f/ in father or fat /f/ /a/ /t/)
The structure or grammar of a sentence
What is Syntax?
The meanings of words
What is Semantics?
The form of English used in textbooks and by TV newscasters
What is Standard English?
The meaning system that focuses on vocabulary
What is The Semantic System?
The written representation of a phoneme using one or more letters.
What is Grapheme?
(S in Spanish or sh in shout)
The smallest meaningful unit of language (think cat, sand)
What is Morpheme?
Words that mean the same or nearly the same thing
What is Synonyms?
Other forms of English
What is Nonstandard English?
The structural system that governs how words are combined into sentences.
What is The Syntactic System?
Knowledge about the sound structure of words
What is Phonological Awareness?
Two or more morphemes combined to create a new word (think birthday, houseboat)
What is Compound Words?
Opposites
What is Antonyms?
Varieties of the English language, based on social classes, ethnic groups, and geographic regions
What are Dialects?
The sound system with approximately 44 sounds and more than 500 ways to spell them
What is The Phonological System?
The ability to orally manipulate phonemes in words
What is Phonemic Awareness?
Words that sound alike but are spelled differently
What are Homophones?
The social and cultural use system that explains how language varies
What is The Pragmatic Stystem?
Knowledge about phoneme-grapheme correspondences and rules
What is Phonics?