Foundations Of Linguistics Flashcards
Phonetics
语音学 is the study of the production of sounds in speech
Phonology
音韵学 the sounds and patterns of particular languages
Intonation
语调 the way the voice rises and falls in speech
Stress
重音 emphasis placed on syllables or words
Morpheme
词素 the smallest unit of meaning in a language
Morphology
词法 the study of how morphemes are combined to make words. Is the study of word forms and their component parts.
Syntax
句法 examines how words are constructed into phrases or sentences
Semantics
语义 the study of meaning in language
Voiced
重音 sounds are made by vibrating the vocal chords
Voiceless
清音 sounds are made without vibrating the vocal chords
Place of articulation
发音部位
Libial
唇音
nasalization
鼻音
Aspiration
送气音
Assimilation
同化 occurs when a speech sound changes due to the influence of nearby sounds
Diphthong
双元音
Consonant clusters
辅音簇 group of two or more consonants
Epenthesis
插入语 inserting an additional sound in the middle of a word
Voicing
浊化 occurs when a voiceless consonant changes to a voiced consonant because of nearby sounds
Elision
省略 occurs when sounds are omitted from the pronunciation of a word,makes the words easier to use in everyday speech. Mac and cheese
Metathesis
复分解 occurs when sounds are rearranged in a word, as when iron is pronounced iern
Bound morpheme
Must be attached to a word to have meaning. Such as er in player.
Free morpheme
Can stand on its own. Like play in player.
Stem/root
Is a base word, often a free morpheme, to which other morphemes can be added.
Affix
Is a bond morpheme that can be added to a root word to change its meaning, grammatical function, tense, case, or gender.
Inflection morphemes
屈折词素 are bound morphemes that don’t greatly alter the meaning or part of speech of a word
Derivational morphemes
派生词素 crest a word that has a new meaning or part of speech
Syntax
句法 how words are arranged into phrases and sentences
Semantics
语义 the study of meaning in language, looks at how words are put together to creat meaning.
Connotation
内涵 is the emotional association of a word
Denotation
意义 is a word’s actual dictionary definition
Interference/ Negative transfer
Occurs when language learners incorrectly apply the rules of their native language to the rules of the language they are learning
Pragmatics
语用学 the context of the situation and the relationship between speaker and listener lend additional, significant meaning to the words and phrases.