Language and Linguistics Lecture Notes

Flashcards based on key concepts in Language and Linguistics including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, phonemic awareness, and sentence structure.

Phonology refers to the study of how __ are organized in language.

sounds

Morphology looks at all of the word parts (prefixes, __, and roots).

suffixes

Syntax is the basic structure of language, how __, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs are structured.

words

Semantics is the meaning of __ in a language.

words

Pragmatics is the study of how language is used in a variety of __ or situations.

contexts

The concept that letters stand for sounds in a word is known as the __ principle.

alphabetic

Phonemic awareness is the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual __ in spoken words.

sounds

Phonics refers to knowledge of letter sounds and the ability to apply that knowledge in __ unfamiliar printed words.

decoding

Children learn to break up spoken words into their separate __ during segmenting.

sounds

In blending, students enunciate individual sounds and __ them together to make a word.

blend

Parts of speech refers to categories in which __ can be put, based on their function in a sentence.

words

A __ sentence makes a statement and ends with a period.

declarative

An __ sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.

interrogative

A __ sentence states commands or requests and ends with either a period or an exclamation point.

imperative

__ sentences emphasize declarative statements by ending with an exclamation point.

Exclamatory

A simple sentence contains just 1 independent __.

clause

A __ sentence has 2 or more independent clauses joined together with a coordinating conjunction.

compound

A complex sentence includes an independent clause and one or more dependent __.

clauses