Unit 1 Terminology Flashcards
Aspect (grammatical)
The utterer’s view or perspective of an event (irrespective of time)
Concerned with four parts of the internal nature of an event: Duration? Complete? Repetitive? Connected to time of utterance?
Two in English: ?? and ??
Word
The smallest language item that can occur on its own.
Two types: ?? and ??
Denotation
Explicit meaning
Connotation
Implied meaning
Word forms
Written or spoken forms of words, spelled as single units
Lexemes (lexical items)
The way words are represented in a dictionary (i.e., via meaning)
Collocation
Words that often appear together
Can be grammatical or lexical
Have strength (weak ==> strong ==> fixed)
Fixed expression
Collocations whose elements rarely appear with other words and are, for the most part, invariable
Semi-fixed expression
Collocations where some elements are fixed but some can vary
Style
The (usually deliberate) way something is written or said
Varies based on the context and the speaker/writer’s desired effect
Affects both grammar and lexical items
Register
Explains the relationship between the context and linguistic features of a text
Consists of three parts: field, tenor, and mode
Does a lot to predict the grammatical and lexical features of a text.\
Morpheme
The smallest meaningful unit in a language
Two types: ??? and ???
Phoneme
One of the distinctive sounds of a particular langauge
Changing it results in a change in meaning
Phonology
The study of the phonemic systems of particular languages
Phonemic system
One language’s collection of phonemes
