LINGUISTIC
What is linguistics?
Linguistics is the scientific study of language.
What is a phoneme?
A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can change meaning.
What is a morpheme?
Morphemes that can stand alone as words.
What is semantics?
The study of meaning in language.
What is sociolinguistics?
A regional or social variety of a language.
Who is a linguist?
A linguist is a person who scientifically studies language
What is allophone?
A phoneme that has different realization
What are free morphemes?
Morphemes that can stand alone as words.
What is pragmatics?
Meaning depending on context.
What is a dialect?
The ability to use two languages
. What is phonetics?
Phonetics is the study of speech sounds.
What is strees?
The emphasis placed on a syllable in a word
What are bound morphemes?
Morphemes that cannot stand alone.
What are synonyms?
Words with the same meaning.
What is bilingualism?
The ability to use two languages.
What is syntax?
The study of sentence structure.
What is phonology?
Phonology is the study of sound systems and patterns in a language.
What is an inflectional morpheme?
A morpheme that changes grammatical meaning.
What is polysemy?
A word with more than one related meaning.
What is psycholinguistics?
The study of language processing in the mind.
What is morphology?
The study of word formation.
What is a minimal pair?
A minimal pair is a pair of words that differ by only one sound and have different meanings.
What is a derivational morpheme?
A morpheme that creates a new word
What is implicature?
Meaning expressed by a speaker but not directly stated
What is code-switching?
Switching between languages in conversation