English Language - Glossary -20180313

Question 1

Syntax

Answer 1

The set of rules principles and processes the govern the structure of sentences in a given language.

Question 2

What is this an example of?

you know

actually

basically

like

I mean

okay

so

Answer 2

Discourse particle
Discourse marker

A word or expression which shows the connection between what is being said and the wider context: Something that either connects a sentence to what comes before or after or indicates a speaker’s attitude to what S/he is saying.

Question 3

Phonology

Answer 3

The study of the way sounds function within a given language or across languages to encode meaning.

Question 4

What is this an example of?

Library → libry

want to → wanna

Answer 4

Elision

The omission(deletion) of a sound in connected speech.

Question 5

What is this an example of?

‘to’/tu/.

Answer 5

Vowel reduction or vowel centalistion

Similar to elision but, instead of disappearing completely, vowels in unstressed positions are reduced to a schwa

Question 6

Morpheme

Answer 6

The most basic unit of meaning.

Question 7

Lexicology

Answer 7

The study of the form, meaning and behaviour of words in a language.

Question 8

What is this an example of?

Books
Picked
Cheaper
Unable

Answer 8

Free Morpheme

A morpheme that can stand alone as a word. Also called an unbound morpheme.

Question 9

What is this an example of?

She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
Two tasty tacos

Answer 9

Alliteration

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Question 10

Bound Morpheme

Answer 10

Is a morpheme that can not stand alone as its one word.

Books

Picked

Cheaper

Unable

Question 11

Alliteration

Answer 11

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
Two tasty tacos

Question 12

Paralinguistic features

Answer 12

The aspects of spoken communication that do not involve words

Body language

Question 13

Phonetics

Answer 13

The study of the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech.

Question 14

What is this an example of?

“handbag” is often pronounced /ˈhæmbæɡ/

Answer 14

Assimilation

Process by which one sound becomes more like a nearby sound.

Question 15

Assimilation

Answer 15

Process by which one sound becomes more like a nearby sound.

“handbag” is often pronounced /ˈhæmbæɡ/

Question 16

Semantics

Answer 16

The study of meaning in a language.

Question 17

Elision

Answer 17

The omission(deletion) of a sound in connected speech.

Library → libry

want to → wanna

Question 18

Free Morpheme

Answer 18

A morpheme that can stand alone as a word. Also called an unbound morpheme.

Books
Picked
Cheaper
Unable

Question 19

Passive voice

Answer 19

Subject has action done to them.

^_Is:The savannah is roamed by beautiful giraffes.

^{_{Is not:}}Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah.

Question 20

Modal Verb

Answer 20

An auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility.

Must

Shall

Will

Should

May

Question 21

What is this an example of?

Books

Picked

Cheaper

Unable

Answer 21

Bound Morpheme

Is a morpheme that can not stand alone as its one word.

Question 22

What is this an example of?

Like father, like son.

Answer 22

parallelism

When one or more sentences, phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure.

Question 23

What is this an example of?

^_Is:The savannah is roamed by beautiful giraffes.

^{_{Is not:}}Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah.

Answer 23

Passive voice

Subject has action done to them.

Question 24

Vowel reduction or vowel centalistion

Answer 24

Similar to elision but, instead of disappearing completely, vowels in unstressed positions are reduced to a schwa

‘to’/tu/.

Question 25

**parallelism**

Answer 25

**When one or more sentences, phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure.** **Like** father, **like** son.

Question 26

What is this an example of? ^_Is:**The dog bit the man.** ^{_{Is Not:}}*The man was bitten by the dog.*

Answer 26

**Active voice** **The subject of sentence performs the action**

Question 27

**Active voice**

Answer 27

**The subject of sentence performs the action** ^_Is:**The dog bit the man.** ^{_{Is Not:}}*The man was bitten by the dog.*

Question 28

What is this an example of? Must Shall Will Should May

Answer 28

**Modal Verb** **An auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility.**

Question 29

**Discourse particle Discourse marker**

Answer 29

**A word or expression which shows the connection between what is being said and the wider context: Something that either connects a sentence to what comes before or after or indicates a speaker’s attitude to what S/he is saying.** you know actually basically like I mean okay so

Question 30

**coherence**

Answer 30

**The sense relations in a text. Used so the text appears to be logically and semantically consistent for the reader.**

Question 31

What is this an example of? Body language

Answer 31

**Paralinguistic features** **The aspects of spoken communication that do not involve words**

Question 32

**Morphology**

Answer 32

**The study of words how they are formed and their relationship to other words in the same language.**