Introduction to Language and Change Flashcards
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Graphology
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The analysis of handwriting with attempt to determine someone’s personality traits
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Grammer
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The underlying structure of a language that any native speaker of that language knows intuitively
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Orthography
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The conventional spelling system of a language
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Phonology
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The study of the patterns of sounds in a language and across languages
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Pragmatics
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Pragmatics is the study of how context contributes to meaning
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Morphology
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The study of how parts of words, called morphemes, create different meanings by combining with each other or standing alone
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Lexis
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The total stock of words in a language
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Semantics
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The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning
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Syntax
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The way in which words are put together to form phrases, clauses, or sentences
