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Linguistic Subsystems
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- 1PhonologyThe study of the sound systems of languages. It focuses on the sounds within a language (phonemes).
The knowledge of phonology helps teachers to understand issues related to pronunciation, accents, and regional varieties of English. - 2MorphologyThe study of the structure of words. Words are formed of one or more morphemes. A morpheme is the smallest unit that carry meaning or have a grammatical function.
Subcategories:
1. Inflectional morphology addresses the way morphemes make changes to the word, such a number, tense and degree.
2. Derivational morphology addresses word formation.
- 3SyntaxThe study f the rules governing the way words are combines to form sentences and the rules governing the arraignment of sentences in sequences ("grammar").
- 4SemanticsThe study of the meaning of words, phrases and sentences.
Addresses issues such as modality that enables us to distinguish between a command, a statement and a probability.
- 5PragmaticsThe study of language in use.
The study of "invisible" meaning or how we recognize what it is meant even when it is not actually stated.
It helps us understand how language users interpret speech acts (requests, commands, questions, and statements).
- 6LexiconThe vocabulary of a language.
To use a word of lexicon, the speaker needs:
1. Its sounds and their sequencing
2. Its meanings
3. Its category and how to use it in a sentence
4. How related words such as the plural and past tense are formed.
- 7SpellingWords can be spelled similarly because they are related in meaning, or words that were borrowed from other languages might be spelled to reflect their origin.
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- There are 7 subsystems: 1. syntax 2. phonology 3. morphology 4. pragmatics 5. semantics 6. lexicon 7. spelling
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- Columba Valdivia
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