Language myth 10 Flashcards
Syntax
the way in which linguistic elements (such as words) are put together to form constituents (such as phrases or clauses
Semantics
The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning
Morphology
the study of the forms of things
Pragmatics
the branch of linguistics dealing with language in use and the contexts in which it is used, including such matters as deixis, the taking of turns in conversation, text organization, presupposition, and implicature
Referent
the thing that a word or phrase denotes or stands for
Lexicon
the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge
What are the four different aspects of a word?
themetic meaning denotative meaning connotative meaning social meaning
Phonology
the system of contrastive relationships among the speech sounds that constitute the fundamental components of a language
Language
the principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture
Coreference
In linguistics, coreference, sometimes written co-reference, occurs when two or more expressions refer to the same person or thing; they have the same referent
The Principle of Compositionality
In semantics, mathematical logic and related disciplines, the principle of compositionality is the principle that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its constituent expressions and the rules used to combine them.
lexical semantics
Lexical semantics involves the coding of word meanings
onomatopoeic
using or relating to onomatopoeia.
“onomatopoeic words like ‘bang’ and ‘coo’”
Morpheme
a meaningful morphological unit of a language that cannot be further divided
linguistic expression
Linguistic expressions are the words, phrases, and sentences we produce as language users
antonymy
the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings
anaphora
the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
morphological structure
the structure of words, and the ways in which words of different types are identified
Linguistic expression
the words, phrases, and sentences we produce as language users
Linguist
person skilled in foreign languages and/or a person who studies linguistics.
grammatical patterns
Grammar patterns are ways of describing how words are used in English
Collocation
another word or words with a frequency greater than chance
polysemy
the coexistence of many possible meanings for a word or phrase
metonymy
the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing
anaphora
the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they
hyponymy
the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
compositional symantics
The meaning of a phrase is determined by combining the meanings of its subphrases, using rules which are driven by the syntactic structure
linguistic analysis
to understand the content of the text
Phonology
the system of contrastive relationships among the speech sounds that constitute the fundamental components of a language.
