PHONOLY
This area studies how speech sounds are produced, perceived, and organized in a language.
PHONOLOGY
This field studies the internal structure of words and how they are formed.
MORPHOLOGY
This refers to the rules governing how words combine to form sentences.
Syntax?
This field focuses on the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences.
Semantics?
After every heavy rain, which Filipino invention becomes the most important mode of transportation—even more than cars?
💡 Answer: The “palanggana” (wash basin) boat! 🚣♂️
The smallest unit of sound that can change meaning in a word, such as /p/ and /b/ in “pat” and “bat.”
PHONEME
The smallest unit of meaning in a word, like “un-” or “-ness.”
morpheme?
The difference between “The cat chased the dog” and “The dog chased the cat” illustrates the importance of this.
What is word order?
Words like “big” and “large” that have similar meanings are examples of ___.
synonymy?
What do Filipinos call the person who shouts “Taas pa! Taas pa!” while moving furniture during a flood?
💡 Answer: Flood manager (a.k.a. Tatay / Nanay Command Center) 😂
The process of changing sounds depending on their position or neighboring sounds in speech.
Assimilation
Adding “-ed” to the verb “walk” to form “walked” shows this type of morphological cha
inflection?
The phrase “She is eating an apple” follows a basic English syntactic structure called ___.
What is Subject-Verb-Object (SVO)?
The difference in meaning between “bank” (riverbank) and “bank” (financial institution) shows this phenomenon.
Answer: What is polysemy?
The government says they’re improving flood control systems, but when it rains, what’s still the “most reliable” flood warning device?
💡 Answer: Facebook posts saying “Lumalakas na ulan, ingat!” 📱☔
The study of the sound patterns and rules of a particular language belongs to this field.
phonological analysis?
Forming new words like “happiness” from “happy” demonstrates this morphological process.
Derivation?
Combining two clauses with words like “and” or “but” shows what kind of sentence
What is a compound sentence?
When two words have opposite meanings, like “hot” and “cold,” they demonstrate ___.
💡 Answer: What is antonymy?
During floods, what household item suddenly turns into a luxury raft?
💡 Answer: The plastic monobloc chair — “Ligtas ka na pag may upuan!” 🪑💦
This term refers to how sounds are perceived by the listener, not just produced by the speaker.
auditory phonetics?
In English, plural forms like “cats,” “dogs,” and “boxes” show how morphology affects this part of grammar?
number or pluralization?
The process of identifying the roles of words in a sentence (like subject or predicate) is called ___.
parsing
Understanding that “John killed the mosquito” means “the mosquito is dead” involves knowing ___.
💡 Answer: What is logical entailment?
What’s the unofficial Filipino flood control strategy every barangay uses every year?
💡 Answer: “Taas muna ng motor, tapos dasal.” 🙏