Test 1 Flashcards
Morphology
The study of words, including the
principles by which they are formed,
and how they relate to one another
within a language.
Pragmatics
The study of language in context
Theoretical Linguistics
The construction of a general theory
of the structure of language or of a
general theoretical framework for the
description of languages
Language
The system of spoken or written
communication used by a particular
country, people, community, etc
Semantics
The study of word meanings and
relations
Phonetics
The science of speech sounds, the
study of sound in human language
Phones
Any sounds in human language (also
called speech sounds), the smallest
perceptible discrete segments of sound
in a stream of speech
Phonemes
The basic units of phonology; they are
the mental representations of sounds that
people have stored in their minds. They
are shown between forward slashes
(e.g.: /m/ and /o/)
Phonology
The branch of linguistics that studies
the sound systems of languages. It
focuses on how sounds function within a
particular language or languages
Obstutrients
Consonant sounds in phonetics that
are produced by obstructing the airflow
through the vocal tract (e.g.: stops /p/,
/t/, /k/;
fricatives /f/, /s/, /ʃ/; affricates /tʃ/, /dʒ/)
Word
Unit of expression that has
universal intuitive recognition by
native speakers, in both spoken
and written language (e.g.:
student, our, in, work)
Morpheme
The smallest meaningful unit. It
may be free and bound…. (e.g.
text, -s, -ly, and, un-)
Compound
Linguistic unit composed of
elements that function
independently. It is represented by
two orthographic words (e.g.:
word-formation, boyfriend)
Root
The base form of a word that
cannot be further analyzed without
total loss of identity (e.g.: colony
in decolonialize)
Morph
The study of how words are formed and the parts that make up a word
