Flashcards
Language: What Teachers Need to Know
Flashcards do conjunto (15)
- 1PhonologyA subsystem of language that is traditionally studied by linguists. It is the study of sound systems of a language.
- 2PhonemeA phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language. It has the potential to cause a change in the word's meaning. E.g. /o/ and /a/ used in between c___p changes a word from cop to cap due to the use of different phonemes.
- 3MorphologyThe study of the structure of words.
- 4MorphemeThis is the smallest unit that carries meaning. For example the word books has two of these. One can stand alone and the other is consider a "bound m_________"
- 5SyntaxThe study of the rules that guide how words are combined to form sentences and the rules governing the arrangement of sentences.
- 6SemanticsThe study of the meaning of words, phrases and sentences. Some sentences can be grammatically correct but if semantics are not in order, the sentence or phrase may not follow the rules of logic.
- 7SynonymsWords that have the have meaning.
- 8AntonymsWords that have opposite meanings.
- 9HomophonesWords that sound the same but have different meanings (e.g., deer, dear).
- 10HomonymsWords that have two or more meanings (ruler the measuring device and ruler the queen).
- 11HyponymsWords that are included in the meaning of another word or category (e.g., daffodil is a hyponym of flower).
- 12ConversenessRefers to a reciprocal semantic relationship (e.g., child/parent)
- 13PragmaticsThe study of language from the point of view of the users. This is highly contextualized and relates to individual and situation.
- 14LexiconThis is the vocabulary of a language.
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- Descrição
- Based on the Wright textbook entitled Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners, this set of flashcards describes basic subsystems of language (Wright, 2015).
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- Sarah Bryans-Bongey
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