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Language & power
A system
Phonology
Variation
Linguistics
100
Because it's crucial to understanding society and other people.
Why study language? L, S & P p. 2
100
Phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics. (Note use of the Oxford comma.)
What are the five component functions of any language?
100
Labial, labiodental, interdental, alveolar, alveopalatal, palatal, velar, glottal.
What "manners of articulation"?
100
One of the sources of enriching the vocabulary of a language when contact between languages occurs.
What is borrowing? (Or, what are "loan words"?)
100
Linguistics.
What is the study of how language works?
200
A way of describing a set of beliefs and behaviours that are thought of as natural.
What is ideology?
200
Some examples are to insult, persuade, command, compliment, encourage, or promise.
What are some functions of language?
200
It means 'sound, voice'.
What does the Greek word 'phone' mean?
200
Used to describe language but not to dictate use.
What are dictionaries?
200
Discovering and recording the building codes that govern a language system.
What is descriptivism? L, S & P p. 4 - 8
300
The study of people as individuals and as members of groups and societies.
What is sociolinguistics?
300
Being able to effectively use language.
What is performance?
300
Substituting a known phoneme for one that is similar but different for the speaker to pronounce.
What is an accent?
300
Pronounces the word "huge" as "yuge".
Who is Donald Trump, and why does he do that? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/09/whats-up-with-donald-trumps-voice/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUGT30gGtiI
300
Someone who thinks that if a language rule is broken, that somehow the language is being damaged.
What is a prescriptivist?
400
Versions of a language that are considered to be the most "proper" or "correct".
What are prestige dialects? (See Trump video to follow)
400
The metaphor that L, S & P uses for the rules that govern any language system.
What are the 'building codes' of any language?
400
The schwa.
What is the most common vowel sound in English?
400
Differences in semantics, phonology, or syntax used by various groups of speakers of a language.
What are dialectical differences?
400
Patterns of rise and fall in pitch in phrases or sentences.
What is intonation? AE, p. 61
500
Educated members of the higher social echelons of a society.
Who dictates and maintains the rules of language use in a society?
500
Having knowledge of the grammar of a language.
What is 'competence' (in the linguistics sense)?
500
The degree of force with which a syllable is uttered.
What is stress? AE, p. 60
500
The way that language is used to describe and address people.
What is interpellation? L, S & P p. 17
500
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, question words, demonstratives - and they are stressed in English sentences.
What are content words (in English)?