Vocabulary words 2 Flashcards
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the sound system of English, consists of about 43 phonemes, or unique speech sounds, phonotactics
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Phonology
2
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The structure of words that carry meaning
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Morphology
3
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pertains to how words are arranged in a sentence and to the ways in which one word may affect another; the grammatical structure of language
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Syntax
4
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The meaning of a message; the relationship of symbols to objects and events
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Semantics
5
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Use; the driving force behind all aspects of language
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Pragmatics
6
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refers to the way in which speech sounds are formed
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Articulation
7
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the smooth, forward flow of communication
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Fluency
8
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the cause or origin of a problem
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Etiology
9
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the number of new and old cases in a particular time period
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Prevalence
10
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the smallest grammatical unit within a language
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Morpheme
