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Linguistic terms A-level Flashcards

To help memorize the 20 different linguistic terms

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What is grammar?

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The study of the classes of words, their inflections and their functions and relations in a language
Subject, Verb, Object = I want that ball

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What is orthography?

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Spelling, the conventional spelling system of a language

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What are pragmatics?

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The context in which w sentence is being said

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What is morphology?

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The structure and combination of words to change meaning. dog + s = dogs

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What is phonology?

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The sound/ Pronunciation of words

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What is lexis?

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Vocabulary

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What is syntax?

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The arrangement of words

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What are semantics?

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The meaning of words

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What is graphology?

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The ways in which characters are written

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What is amelioration?

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Semantic elevation, negative words turned positive

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What is coinage?

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The inventing of a new word or phrase in a language. Neologism( creation of a new word) & ePONYM(NAMED AFTER AN INVENTOR

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What is telescoping?

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The contraction of a phrase, word, or part of a word. “sitcom”- situation comedy

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What is pejoration?

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When a word develops a negative meaning overtime.

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What is etymology?

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The study and investigation of the origin of words.

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What is borrowing?

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The word in a language is “borrowed” from another language.

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What is narrowing?

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When the meaning of a word becomes less generalized overtime.

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What is compounding?

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The act of combining two words to make a new word.

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What is blending?

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Joining the beginning and end of two words to make a new word.

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What is coalescence?

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When two phonemes are substituted but still has similar features( children do this in their early ages of speaking, foon instead of spoon, baba instead of bottle)

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What is back formation?

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Creating a new word by removing affixes.

21
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What is clipping?

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Shortening longer words- Mathematics to Maths

22
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What is the functional theory of language change

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created by Michael Halliday & David Crystal

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what is the cultural transmission theory of language change

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Linguistic terms A-level (2 decks)

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