Unit 1 Flashcards
types of meaning through phonology
sound symbolism
prosody / suprasegmental features
diminutives
/i/ = small, /o/ = big
onomatopoeia
resemblance between sound and meaning, the linguistic mimicking of sounds
phonesthesia
sounds remind of an action
phonesthemes
association of sounds with a meaning
types of phonological prosody
pitch, intonation, stress, rhythm
types of meaning through morphology
bound morphemes
derivational morphemes
change grammatical category and meaning
inflectional morphemes
no drastic change in meaning, just add grammatical features
types of meaning through words
grammatical level, identifying words
how to identify words
written - unit surrounded by spaces
phonological - pauses in speech
cohesiveness of words
roots appear without inflection. some roots must appear before inflection
open word class
no clear limitation, more numerous, less frequent, longer. eg nouns, verbs, adjectives
closed word class
behave like morphemes, less numerous, more frequent, short. eg prepositions, conjunctions
types of meaning above word level
phrasal verbs, compounds, idioms, collocations
