Phonology
What is the smallest unit of sound that can change the meaning of a word?
A phoneme.
What is the smallest unit of meaning in a language?
A morpheme.
What does semantics study?
The meaning of words and sentences.
Look at the IPA symbols below. Which word is represented?
Cat
Look at the word below. How many morphemes does it have?
Unhappiness
Which picture represents the word "bank" as a financial institution?
The bank building.
Which pair of words is a minimal pair?
Ship and sheep.
Which morpheme changes the meaning of a word but not its grammatical category?
A derivational prefix (for example, un-).
What are two words that have the same or nearly the same meaning called?
Synonyms.