Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
Pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
100

Another word for a dictionary

What is a lexicon?

100

Linguists use this to mark an ungrammatical sentence.

What is an asterisk? *

100

A clear and precise description of how people use a word.

What is a definition?

100

The four assumptions pragmaticists make about communication.

What are Quality, Quantity, Relevance, and Manner?

100

How an individual's speech changes depending on who they're speaking with.

What is code switching?

200

A morpheme that can't stand by itself.

What is a bound morpheme?

200
A person's own unique version of a language.

What is an idiolect?

200

The theory proposed by Eleanor Rosch.

What is Prototype Theory?
200

An example of a time when words and context don't match for an intentional effect.

What is sarcasm?

200

Who makes decisions on national languages and style guides.

Who are people in power?

300

An affix that goes after a word.

What is a suffix?

300

How linguists represent the structures of sentences.

What is a Tree Structure Diagram?

300

A sequence of the same sounds that can have multiple meanings.

What is Polysemy?

300

Added qualifiers and caveats in communication.

What are hedges?

300

Three demographic factors that influence what people sound like.

What are (3) education, class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality?

400

When a language replaces a work completely instead of using affixes.

What is suppletion?

400

The two parts of an English sentence.

What is a verb phrase and a noun phrase?

400

Little words that help a sentence fit together.

What are function words?

400

How people will work to infer meaning when words don't make sense on a literal level.

What is the Cooperative Principal?

400

Mapping out regional variations in language.

What is Dialectology?

500

An affix that goes around a word. Does not exist in English.

What is a circumfix?

500

Looking at words that can be moved together as a group.

What is a cleft test?

500

A broad categorical word.

What is a hypernym?

500

Short words used in some languages (like Japanese) for politeness.

What are particles?

500

What indicates an action that a person usually does in African American English.

What is the habitual be?