Language Flashcards
phonemes
Discrete sounds that make up words but carry no meaning, such as ee, p, or sh. Infants first make these sounds when learning language.
phonics
learning to read by sounding out words
morphemes
made up of phonemes; the smallest units of meaning in language. Words or parts of words that have meaning are ____________. The word ‘boy’ and the suffix ‘ing’ are ________.
phrase
a group of words that when put together function as a single syntactic part of a sentence. For example, “walking the dog” is a noun ________ that could function as the subject of a sentence if it were followed by a verb.
syntax
the arrangement of words into sentences as prescribed by a certain language
grammar
the overall rules of the interrelationship between morphemes and syntax that make up a certain language.
morphology or morphological rules
grammar rules; how to group morphemes
prosody
tone inflections, accents, and other aspects of pronunciation that carry meaning. _________ is the icing on the cake of grammar and meaning.
Discrete sounds that make up words but carry no meaning, such as ee, p, or sh. Infants first make these sounds when learning language.
phonemes
learning to read by sounding out words
phonics
made up of phonemes; the smallest units of meaning in language. Words or parts of words that have meaning are ____________. The word ‘boy’ and the suffix ‘ing’ are ________.
morphemes
a group of words that when put together function as a single syntactic part of a sentence. For example, “walking the dog” is a noun ________ that could function as the subject of a sentence if it were followed by a verb.
phrase
the arrangement of words into sentences as prescribed by a certain language
syntax
the overall rules of the interrelationship between morphemes and syntax that make up a certain language.
grammar
grammar rules; how to group morphemes
morphology or morphological rules
