Linguistics

R. Flood (United States of America)
Linguistics Vocabulary
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  1. systematic
    characterized by order and planning
  2. phonetics
    the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes
  3. phonology
    the study of the sound system of a given language
  4. morphology
    the study of the structure of animals and plants
    the branch of linguistics that studies the structure of words
  5. acronym
    a word formed from the initial letters of several words
  6. affix
    attach to
    a bound morpheme that attaches to roots and stems
  7. allomorph
    any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound
    a variant phonological representation of a morpheme
  8. allophone
    (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
  9. ambiguity
    unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
  10. antonym
    a word that expresses an opposite meaning
  11. blend
    mix together different elements
    a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
  12. coda
    the closing section of a musical composition
    an optional element of a syllable, consisting of one or more consonants following the nucleus
  13. compound
    a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
    a word formed by combining two free morphemes in their entirety
  14. conjunction
    the state of being joined together
  15. consonant
    a speech sound that is not a vowel
    formed by obstructing the flow of air as it is passed from the lungs through the vocal tract
  16. descriptive linguistics
    a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments
  17. prescriptive linguistics
    an account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually used; a prescription for the `correct' phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics
  18. linguistics
    the scientific study of language
  19. etymology
    a history of a word
  20. semantics
    the study of language meaning
  21. determiner
    a determining or causal element or factor
    a lexical category that co-occurs with nouns
  22. digraph
    two successive letters
    a spelling in which two letters are used to represent one sound
  23. diphthong
    a sound that glides between two vowels in a single syllable
  24. homonym
    a word pronounced or spelled the same with another meaning
  25. homophone
    a word pronounced the same with another meaning or spelling
  26. inflect
    vary the pitch of one's speech
    change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
  27. morpheme
    the smallest meaningful language unit
  28. orthography
    representing the sounds of a language by written symbols
  29. phoneme
    a distinct speech sound in a particular language
  30. phrase
    an expression consisting of one or more words
  31. clause
    a separate section of a legal document
    an expression including a subject and predicate
  32. constituent
    one of the individual parts making up a composite entity
    a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
  33. rhyme
    correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
    a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
  34. schwa
    a neutral middle vowel that occurs in unstressed syllables
  35. syllable
    a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
  36. syntax
    the study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
  37. synonym
    a word that expresses the same or similar meaning
Created on Sat Nov 26 00:06:21 EST 2011 (updated Sat Nov 26 00:49:33 EST 2011)

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