Phonetics and Phonology
§refers to relative loudness of speech sounds from soft to loud.
What is volume?
The study of words and their parts
What is morphology?
A sentence type that asks a question
What is an interrogative sentence?
We can group words together if they share related meanings and this is called...
What is semantic domain?
the term we use to describe a conversation or interaction between an author/speaker and their audience
What is discourse?
refers to the strength of a sound
What is stress?
refer to names of places, people, things, qualities, ideas or concepts.
What are nouns?
the main actor that plays a role in the verb of the clause
What is the subject?
what is the semantic domain: powder, blizzard, snowstorm, flurry
what is snow?
It is how we use language naturally to communicate with each other
What is pragmatics?
§refers to relative height, ranging between high and low, of a sound.
What is pitch?
the study of words – their form, their meaning and how they behave within a language
What is lexicology?
A sentence that contains One clause, no conjunctions joining clauses
What is a simple sentence?
Name the semantic domain: trees, wood, lumberjack, chainsaw
what is forrestry?
refer to the other things we use to communicate besides the language we use.
What are paralinguistic features?
Our forty-four speech sounds far exceed the twenty-six letters in our alphabet, so in addition to this, we also have...
What is the International Phonetic Alphabet
verbs that express possibility or contextual value of the verb being carried out
What are modal verbs?
A sentence type that gives a command or instruction
What is an imperative sentence?
Used to determine what the text is trying to convey
What is inference?
Coughing, laughing and whispering are some examples of these.
what are vocal effects?
Prosody looks at whole sequences of syllables, not just single vowel and consonant sounds. These features are known as...
What are prosodic features?
The name given to bound morphemes
What are affixes?
A sentence with two or more clauses; only coordinating conjunctions joining clauses
what is a compound sentence?
where children and second language learners mistakenly apply a rule or pattern beyond its legitimate scope.
Examples of these include gaze and gesture, such as eye-rolling or wringing hands
what is non-verbal communication?