Language Domains
Writing Purposes
100

This is the study of speech sounds.

What is phonology?

100

This style of writing is meant to educate or explain something to the reader.

What is informative writing?

200

According to the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, this is the smallest meaningful unit in language.

What is a Morpheme?

200

According to the Online Writing Research Center of the State University of New York, this purpose for writing is most popular on social networking.

What is Expressive Writing?

300

This is the arrangement of words to create a well formed sentence in language.

What is syntax?

300

Pride and Prejudice is an example of writing with this purpose.

What is a Literary Work?

400

According to the American Speech-Language Hearing Association this is the meaning of words and combinations of words in a language.

What is Semantics?

400

The writers goal in this style of writing, according to Online Writing Resource Center, is to convince the reader to the writer's way of thinking, or at least consider another point of view.

What is Persuasive Writing?

500

This branch of linguistics deals with the rules associated with the use of language in conversation and broader social situations. 

What is pragmatics?

500

According to EAB, this language has 44 different speech sounds.

What is English?