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Linguistic Concepts Flashcards

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Compounding

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Makes a word out of 2+ morphemes

Ex. Foot + ball = football

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Phonology

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Systematic organization of sounds in languages

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Register

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Level of formality spoken

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Avoidance

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ELL avoids difficult words/structures and uses simpler words/structures

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Orthography

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Spelling patterns in language

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Back-formation

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Creation of new word by removing the affix.

Ex. Editor > edit

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Language acquisition

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Process of learning a new language

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Syllable awareness/segmentation/syllabication

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Ability to hear parts of words

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Phonics/graphonemic principle

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Relationship between symbols (letters,words) and sounds of a language to read and write

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Pragmatic competence

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Knowledge of how to use a language effectively to achieve a specific purpose in different contexts

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Language function

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Different uses of a language

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Oral language

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System that relates sounds to meanings through verbal communication.

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Word blends

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Joining parts of two or more words to make a new word

Smoke + fog = fog

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Discourse competence

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Knowledge of how to put together words/phrases to construct long conversations, written texts, or speeches

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Free morpheme

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Can stand alone or appear with others in a lexeme

Joy in joyous is a free morpheme

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Communicative competence

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Ability to communicate in a socially acceptable way with proper
Grammar

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Syntax

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Rules for construction of words to make phrases, clauses and sentences

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Suffix

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Letter(s) at the end of a word to change meaning

Happy > happily

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Reading comprehension

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Ability to read and understand the meaning

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Derivation

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Creation of new word from another by adding an affix

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IPA

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International Phonetic Alphabet - comprehensive representation of all the sounds in all languages

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Acronym

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Made by pronouncing initials

ASAP = as soon as possible

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Semantics

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Study of word or symbol meaning

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Reading fluency

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Ability to read with speed, accuracy and prosody

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Phonemic/sound awareness

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Ability to hear/identify, recreates individual sounds in spoken language

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Prefix

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Letters added to beginning of root word

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Sociolinguistic competence

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Knowledge of how to use language and respond appropriately based on setting, topic and situation

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Affix

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Letters that change meaning of root word

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Phonetics

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Sound of human speech

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Circumlocution

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Use of many words to describe something instead of using fewer words

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Root

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Base words, can attach prefix or suffix or syllables

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Vocabulary

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Known words + meanings.

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Morphology

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Study of forms of words - affixes, roots, stems, parts of speech

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Bound morpheme

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Can only appear as part of a larger word.

-ous in Joyous

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Pragmatics

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Study of language in use.

Does not include structure or appropriate use

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Calque

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Word for word translation from another language

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Phoneme

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Smallest sounds in a word

B-I-T

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Strategic competence

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How to fix communication breakdowns or how to express ideas when the right words are unknown

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Linguistic competence

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Knowledge of how to use grammar, syntax and vocabulary

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Morpheme

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Combination of sounds that has meaning in language. Cannot be divided smaller

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Neologism

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New word or phrase not accepted into a language

Ex, coronacaction

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