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ASPD Linguistics for Teachers
Key vocabulary for ESL teachers provided to aid workshop participants in preparing for the vocabulary test
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Education
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03/24/2009

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Term
affix
Definition

a morpheme that attaches to a root morpheme altering the meaning of the root

Examples:

root morpheme - interest

affix DIS (prefix) - DISinterest

affix - S (suffix) - interestS

Term
American Sign Language (ASL)
Definition
sign language used by the hearing impaired in the United States
Term
bidialectalism
Definition
the use of two dialects within the same language
Term
bilingualism
Definition
the ability to communicate equally in two different languages
Term

Broca's area

Definition

The area of the brain where language is produced. It is located in the LEFT hemisphere.

 

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Wernicke's area
Definition

The part of the brain associated with comprehension of language. It is located in the RIGHT hemishpere.

 

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Term
code-switching
Definition
changing back and forth between two different languages or dialects during a single communication
Term
dialect
Definition
non-standard varieties of a language which are understood and through which meaning is communicated clearly
Term
echolalia
Definition

repetition of what has been uttered (spoken) by another person, whether voluntarily or involuntarily and may result from autism, Tourette syndrome, aphasia, Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, developmental disability, schizophrenia, Asperger syndrome, Alzheimer's Disease and, occasionally, other forms of psychopathology

Term
English-Only movement
Definition
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English-Plus movement
Definition
attempts of private individuals and organizations to advocate bilingualism for everyone in the United States
Term
free morpheme
Definition

a morpheme (word part) that can stand alone as a word

 

Examples:  I, dog, house, table 

Term
bound morpheme
Definition

a morpheme that must be attached to another morpheme to create meaning

 

play (free morpheme) + ful (bound morpheme)

playful

Term
ideogram
Definition

a written symbol representing a whole word

 

(also known as logogram) - examples below

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Term
jargon
Definition

vocabulary of a specific profession or activity

 

Examples

Educational jargon: IEP, lesson plan, formative assessment, "prep" period

Sports jargon:  run (homerun), strike, foul, goalie 

Cooking jargon: sweat, reduce, pinch, saute

Term
linguistic universal
Definition
a characterstic shared by all human languages
Term
maintenance model
Definition
an approach to bilingual education in which a familair language is retained and supported during the period in which a new language is being learned
Term
morpheme
Definition

the smallest unit of meaning or function within a language which may be a whole word or an affix (prefix or suffix)

 

Examples of morphemes include the following:

 

toy, dog, paper, cafe, im-, pre-, -s, -ing

Term
morphology
Definition
the study of how words are made within a language by combining morphemes
Term
orthography
Definition

the spelling systen of a language

Term
phoneme
Definition

the written representation of the smallest unit of sound within a language

 

Examples of English phonemes:

 

sits has 4 phonemes including two different  representations of the letter s

/s/   /i/   /t/   /z/

Term
phonetics
Definition

the scientific study of the sounds of a language

Term
phonology
Definition
the study of how languages use sounds
Term
pragmatics
Definition
the study of how language is used in different contexts
Term
prefix
Definition

an affix attached to the beginning of a root morpheme (note that the morpheme to which a prefix is attached does not need to be a full word)

 

root morpheme:    view              sert

prefix:            preview            insert

Term
suffix
Definition

an affix attached to the end of a root morpheme (note that the morpheme to which a suffix is attached does not need to be a full word)

 

root morpheme:    view                recept

prefix:                 viewer              receptive

Term
scaffolding
Definition

support that adults provide to children or support that fluent speakers provide to language learners during conversation

Term

social constructivism

Definition
the theory suggesting that language is primarily learned through meaningful social interaction by children and those learning a new language
Term
vernacular
Definition
the register of language spoken or used when communicating in informal situations
Term
word class
Definition

the part of speech of a word

 

Note that the part of speech or word class is determined by the manner in which the word is used in communication, as in the examples below.

She hit the scoring run. (noun)

I have a run in my nylons. (noun)

He will run to the store. (verb)

Do you have the run (melted) butter? (adjective)

In the long run, it will be better for you. (idomatic phrase)

 

Term
Wug Test
Definition
method of testing the degree to which one knows and understands morphological rules
Term
African American Vernacular English
Definition
a variety of English which is spoken by many African Americans in the US; also known as Ebonics
Term
Appalachian English
Definition
a variety of English spoken by the people of the Appalachian Mountains in the US
Term

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Broca's Aphasia and Wernicke's Aphasia

Definition

Click here to view a video illustrating how Broca's Aphasia and Wernicke's Aphasia appear in people

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67HMx-TdAZI

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