Quiz de Variables e Invariables: Aprende las Palabras

Study Notes

Words: Variable and Invariable

Variable Words

Variable words, also known as inflectional words, are those that change form depending on the context in which they are used. These words include verbs, which change tense, and nouns, which change case and number. For example, the verb "walk" changes to "walked" in the past tense, and the noun "dog" changes to "dogs" in the plural form.

The variation in variable words can be influenced by linguistic and sociolinguistic factors. For instance, in the context of spoken French, a study using texts from the C-Oral-Rom corpus found that linguistic and sociolinguistic variables affected liaison, which is the rhythmic alternation of vowels in French.

Invariable Words

Invariable words, on the other hand, do not change form regardless of the context in which they are used. These words include function words such as articles, pronouns, and conjunctions, which do not inflect for number or case. For example, the article "the" remains "the" whether it is used to refer to one or multiple items.

The term "invariable" should also be related to "clusters" of words where there is no obvious reason why these could not be seen as variable forms of a base word. For example, the word "in" in the clusters "in-inside-into-within" could be seen as variable forms of the base word "in".

In conclusion, variable and invariable words play a crucial role in language. Variable words change form depending on the context in which they are used, while invariable words maintain a consistent form regardless of the context. Both types of words contribute to the richness and complexity of language.

Description

Aprende sobre las palabras variables, que cambian de forma según el contexto, y las palabras invariables, que mantienen una forma consistente sin importar el contexto. Descubre cómo los factores lingüísticos y sociolingüísticos pueden influir en la variación de las palabras variables. Comprende la importancia de ambos tipos de palabras en la riqueza y complejidad del lenguaje.