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Question 1

Deals with meaning in Language

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Semantics

! It looks at what words and sentences mean.

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Deals with sounds of human speech

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Phonetics

! It looks at how we produce and perceive speech sounds.

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Deals wtih the structure and formation of words.

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Morphology

!It looks at how words are built from smaller parts called morphemes (like prefixes, suffixes, and roots).

Prefix - is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. Ex. Un-happy, Redo

Suffix - is a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its form or meaning. Ex. Happi-ly, Happi-ness

Root- is the basic part of a word that carries the most significant meaning.

Question 4

Deals with the study of the rules and principles that govern the structure of sentences.

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Syntax

! It examines how words combine to form sentences.

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Deals with the study of how context influences the interpretation of meaning.

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Pragmatics

! It examines how people use language in different situations and how context affects understanding.

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The idea that speakers often imply more than they explicitly say. For example, if someone says, “It’s getting late,” they might be implying that it’s time to leave.

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Implicature

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Words or phrases (like “this,” “that,” “here,” “there”) that require contextual information to be understood.

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Deixis

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How speakers use language to show respect, deference, and social distance.

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Politeness Theory

Question 9

Speech acts are a subfield within pragmatics that focus on the idea that when we speak, we are not just conveying information but also performing actions. The concept was first introduced by philosopher J.L. Austin and further developed by John Searle.

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Speech Acts

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The act of saying something with a specific meaning (the literal utterance).

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Locutionary Act

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The intended function or purpose of the utterance (the speaker’s intention).

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Illocutionary Act

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The effect or outcome of the utterance on the listener (the response or reaction).

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Perlocutionary Act

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Deals with the study of how language varies and changes in social groups.

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Sociolinguistics

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The study of the psychological and neurological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, and understand language.

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Psycholingistics

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Deals with the art of persuasion through communication

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Rhetoric