week5

Question 1

language levels

Answer 1

study of elements of language and their functions

Question 2

phonetics

Answer 2

sounds of spoken language - speech sounds

Question 3

phonology

Answer 3

also deals with the speech sounds but on an abstract level non-existent

Question 4

morphology

Answer 4

form and structure of a word

Question 5

syntax

Answer 5

structure of sentences, how words can be organized into sentence

Question 6

semantics

Answer 6

meaning of a language

Question 7

lexical VS sentence semantics

Answer 7

L: relationship between words
S: meaning of sentences

Question 8

pragmatics

Answer 8

how the language is practically used

Question 9

lexicology

Answer 9

form and meaning of a word, fixed expressions (cliches, idioms)

Question 10

phonetics VS phonology

Answer 10

phonetics: study of speech sounds
phonology: study of distinctive sound units (phonemes) ABSTRACT

Question 11

synchronic VS diachronic approach

Answer 11

S: isolated parts of particular language
D: historical study of languages

Question 12

language universals/typology

Answer 12

trying to find generalizations which apply to all languages

Question 13

descriptive linguistics

Answer 13

describes how the language is used

Question 14

sociolinguistics

Answer 14

puts linguistics into social context - dialects

Question 15

language acquisition

Answer 15

difference between learning and acquiring language

Question 16

ontogenetic POV

Answer 16

individual study of language of individual speaker

Question 17

phylogenetic POV

Answer 17

study of language of group of people

Question 18

formal approach

Answer 18

study of structures - how they interact

Question 19

functional approach

Answer 19

practical; perform and use of language

Question 20

graphic VS spoken form

Answer 20

G: lacks emotion
S: simplified to be well understood

Question 21

orthoepy

Answer 21

study of pronunciation

Question 22

minimal pair

Answer 22

two words which are different only by one sound