Theory/Phonetics
The symbol that represents the sound of the consonant cluster /ng/ in the word swing.
What is an International Phonetic Alphabet symbol?
The three components associated with form are ___, ___, and ___.
What is phonology, morphology, and syntax.
A word form that is taken from a verb and changed to act like a noun by adding -ing.
What is a gerund?
Do not "teach" how to say it "right" but move on and model the correct way for pronouncing the sounds. e.g. shair---chair
What is an Affricative?
The expression "My grandad is as old as time" is known as ___.
What is a hyperbole?
A student is having problems understanding when she says the words think, wreath, the, and ruthless.
What is voiced and unvoiced /th/ sounds?
The one component associated with content is ___.
What is semantic?
Words that compare three or more nouns to the highest degree. e.g. smart, smarter, smartest
What is a superlative adjective?
An unstressed central vowel is called a ___.
What is a schwa?
Her smile was as bright as the sun in the sky is known as ___.
What is a simile?
The point where two speech organs come together to make a sound.
What is the place of articulation?
Having awareness of social rules of language in its formality, politeness, and directness.
What is socio-linguistic?
Words that have a common origin or parent language. e.g. the Italian word "mangiare" means to eat while the French word means to eat is "manger."
What is a cognate?
The linguistic process that occurs when people who do not speak the same language come into contact.
What is pidginization?
Barking up the wrong tree is known as an ___.
What is an idiom?
The study of the production of sounds in speech.
What is phonetics?
The understanding how ideas are connected through patterns of organization.
What is discourse?
A verb that is transferred to past tense by another method than that of adding -ed - light to lit.
What is an irregular verb?
A pair of words that vary by a single sound, usually meaning sounds that may confuse English learners, like the /f/ in fan and /v/ in van.
What is a minimal pair?
The expression "Love is a Battlefield" is known as a ___.
What is a metaphor?
The scientific study of language and its structure is called ___.
What is linguistics?
The ability to understand and use language effectively to communicate in an authentic social and school environment.
What is communicative competence?
In English, it denotes that the noun to which it is referring is nonspecific e.g. "The" book is on the table.
What is an indefinite article?
This is the way a person's voice raises and lowers depending on what they are talking about e.g. raising your voice at the end of a question.
What is an intonation pattern?
What is an oxymoron?