Vocab List - year 10

Question 1

Function

Answer 1

What is it for? Why is it there?

Question 2

Mode

Answer 2

How is it delivered?

Question 3

Register

Answer 3

Formal, Informal. How is it written?

Question 4

Para linguistics

Answer 4

Paralinguistics are the aspects of spoken communication that do not involve words.

Question 5

Pragmatics

Answer 5

The branch of linguistics dealing with language in use and the contexts in which it is used, including such matters as deixis, the taking of turns in conversation, text organization, presupposition, and implicature.

Question 6

Semantics

Answer 6

The meaning of a word, phrase, or text.

Question 7

Phonetics

Answer 7

the study of speech sounds, their production and combination, and their representation by written symbols. 2. the description and analysis of the sounds of a particular language. the phonetics of English.

Question 8

Morphology

Answer 8

the study of the form of words and phrases.

Question 9

Syntax

Answer 9

Syntax, the arrangement of words in sentences, clauses, and phrases, and the study of the formation of sentences and the relationship of their component parts.

Question 10

Lexicology

Answer 10

Lexicology is the branch of linguistics that analyzes the lexicon of a specific language. A word is the smallest meaningful unit of a language that can stand on its own, and is made up of small components called morphemes and even smaller elements known as phonemes, or distinguishing sounds.

Question 11

Discourse Analysis

Answer 11

Discourse analysis, or discourse studies, is an approach to the analysis of written, vocal, or sign language use, or any significant semiotic event.

Question 12

Phonology

Answer 12

The science of speech sounds including especially the history and theory of sound changes in a language or in two or more related languages.

Question 13

Phonetics

Answer 13

Is the study of speech sounds and different accents