Linguistics: Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax

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What is the study of individual speech sounds?

Phonetics

Which field studies the relationship between words like "dog" and "dogs"?

Morphology

What is the study of sentences and phrases?

Syntax

Which field is interested in the meaning of sentences and words?

<p>Semantics</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of how the context of a sentence contributes to its meaning?

<p>Pragmatics</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which field involves the study of phonemes, the speech sounds of an individual language?

<p>Phonetics</p> Signup and view all the answers

Phonetics is the study of words and other meaningful units of language like suffixes and prefixes.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Morphology is the study of sentences and phrases.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Syntax is the study of underlying rules of language grammar.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Semantics is only concerned with the meaning of individual words.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Pragmatics is a narrow field that only studies the context of a sentence.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Phonology is the study of individual speech sounds.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Phonetics is the study of individual speech sounds and phonology is the study of phonemes.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Morphology is the study of words and other meaningful units of language like suffixes and prefixes.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Syntax is the study of underlying rules of every language's grammar.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Semantics is most generally about the meaning of individual words.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Pragmatics is a narrow field that studies only how the context of a sentence contributes to meaning.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: All languages have underlying rules of semantics.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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