English9 - 3rd Quarter: Finals

Prosody

Is a linguistic dimension that focuses not on individual sounds but on the meaning of the speakers utterance.

Stress

Refers to the prominence or importance assigned to a syllable or word.

Phrasing

refers to how a speaker groups the words together in a statement into meaningful thought groups

Intonation

Is the rising and falling of the voice when speaking

Shift

This change happens in between syllables. You use a vertical line to show connection between the two pitch level.

Glide

This change in pitch occurs within the syllable. This is indicated by using a slant line

Clipping

Is the word formation process in which a word is reduced or shortened without changing the meaning of the word. Ex: Gasoline - gas

Blending

Is the word formation process in which parts of two or more words are fused to create a new word. Ex: breakfast + lunch= brunch

Compounding

Is the word formation process is which two or more words are combined into a new single word Ex: fireplace

Acronymy

Is a word formed from the initial letter or syllables of several words in succession. Ex: NASA

Folk Etymology

Is the replacement of an unknown words by more familiar one.