Language, Linguistics, and Literacy

Question 1

What is a morpheme?

Answer 1

The smallest unit of sound

Question 2

An inflectional ending…

Answer 2

changes the meaning of a word

(EX. -ize: “the look was modern.” “The look was modernized”) (changes the word from an adjective to a verb

Question 3

What is a phoneme?

Answer 3

Perceptually distinct units of sound (ex. g.r.a.y)

Question 4

Illustrious is derived from

Answer 4

illustris

Question 5

What is pragmatics?

Answer 5

The focus of the speaker’s intention rather than the meaning of what they are saying

Question 6

What are the words scroll, hover, and browse evidence of in everyday language?

Answer 6

The meaning of existing words expands as a reflection of changes in the everyday lives of English speakers

Question 7

How do different sociocultural backgrounds influence language development?

Answer 7

Through the style and structure of oral narratives

Question 8

Who would acquire a second language most easily?

Answer 8

An immigrant who lives in a country where the target language is spoken and who feels accepted by the speakers of the target language

Question 9

What is an example of the primary influence of the first language on second-language development?

Answer 9

A second language learner uses job-related vocab in the second language but continues to use their first language outside the work environment

Question 10

What reading activity explores how sets of key vocabulary words relate to one another and extend content knowledge?

Answer 10

Semantic feature analysis ( When readers use a chart to organize information and analyze, etc)
(describing something by its key attributes)

Question 11

What approach will increase a reader’s fluency?

Answer 11

Engaging in the repeated reading of the text at the independent reading level.

Question 12

A reader will most likely be able to identify the meaning of a word that they can sound out if:

Answer 12

The word is in the reader’s oral vocabulary ( If only heard when spoken, a reader might not recognize it in print)

Question 13

What strategy would help the reader correctly pronounce “ content”?

Answer 13

Applying knowledge of syntax (understanding the differences in words that can be both a noun or adj. depending on pronunciation)

Question 14

What are the coordinating conjunctions?

Answer 14

For, and, not, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)

Question 15

What is a prepositional phrase?

Answer 15

A phrase that contains a preposition and its object, plus any identifiers. (ex. he ate DURING the game)

Question 16

What is an appositional phrase?

Answer 16

a phrase that describes a nearby noun (ex. Gabriel, my favorite author, wrote blue)

Question 17

What is a noun phrase?

Answer 17

A phrase that has a noun as its head or functions as a noun (ex. To run an entire marathon is an impressive feat)

Question 18

What is an adverb clause?

Answer 18

A phrase that begins with subordinating conjunctions and modifies verbs, adj., and other adverbs. (ex. The farmer plowed the fields when the earth thawed)
** denotes time, place, condition, manner, reason, effect, comparison, contrast, or purpose)

Question 19

Modals are…

Answer 19

verbs that provide additional, specific meaning to the main verb of the sentence. (can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, ought)

Question 20

Verbals are…

Answer 20

a word that is based on a verb and expresses action or a state of being but is acting as a different part of speech. (ex. The man wearing the blue suit is a famous actor)