Phonology
What is the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) mainly used for?
To represent the sounds of spoken languages.
What is the smallest meaningful unit in a language?
A morpheme.
What does Semantics study?
The meaning of words and sentences.
What is the smallest unit of sound that can change the meaning of a word?
A phoneme.
In the word unhappy, what type of morpheme is un-?
A prefix.
Which branch of linguistics studies the meaning of words?
Semantics.
Which speech organs are mainly responsible for producing speech sounds?
The tongue, lips, teeth, and vocal cords.
What do we call a morpheme that can stand alone as a word?
A free morpheme.
What are two words called if they have opposite meanings, such as "hot" and "cold"?
Antonyms.