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What is the primary focus of phonetics in linguistics?
What is a phoneme in linguistics?
What is the term for the study of word structure and formation?
What is a morpheme in linguistics?
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What is the focus of phonology in linguistics?
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What is the term for a unit of syntax, such as a phrase or clause?
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What is the primary focus of lexical semantics?
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What is the term for a set of related words that evoke a particular concept or idea?
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What is the term for an action performed through language, such as making a promise or giving a command?
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What is the term for a unit of language that functions as a single unit, such as 'The dog' in the sentence 'The dog chased the cat'?
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What is the study of language in context, focusing on how language is used in social contexts to convey meaning?
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Study Notes
Phonetics
- Study of the sounds of language
- Focus on physical properties of speech sounds
- Includes articulation, acoustic properties, and perception of sounds
- Phonetic transcription: representation of spoken language in written form using IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)
Phonology
- Study of sound patterns in language
- Focus on distribution and patterns of speech sounds
- Includes phonemes, allophones, and phonological rules
- Phoneme: smallest unit of sound in a language that distinguishes meaning
- E.g. /p/ and /b/ are phonemes in English because "pat" and "bat" have different meanings
Morphology
- Study of word structure and formation
- Focus on internal structure of words and how they are formed
- Includes roots, prefixes, suffixes, and inflectional endings
- Morpheme: smallest unit of language that carries meaning
- E.g. "un-" is a morpheme in English because it indicates negation
Syntax
- Study of sentence structure and formation
- Focus on how words are combined to form phrases and sentences
- Includes word order, phrase structure, and clause structure
- Constituent: a unit of syntax, such as a phrase or clause
- E.g. in the sentence "The dog chased the cat," "The dog" is a constituent because it functions as a single unit
Semantics
- Study of meaning in language
- Focus on how words and phrases convey meaning
- Includes lexical semantics (word meaning) and compositional semantics (phrase and sentence meaning)
- Semantic field: a set of related words that evoke a particular concept or idea
- E.g. "dog," "cat," "animal," and "pet" all belong to the same semantic field
Pragmatics
- Study of language in context
- Focus on how language is used in social contexts to convey meaning
- Includes speech acts, implicature, and presupposition
- Speech act: an action performed through language, such as making a promise or giving a command
- E.g. "Can you pass the salt?" is a speech act because it requests an action
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Learn the fundamentals of linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Understand the concepts of speech sounds, language structure, and meaning in language.
