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Linguistics Midterm words
TESL Structure 5413
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Graduate
10/13/2010

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Affricate
Definition
stop air then release with some friction (stop + fricative) CHurCH, judge
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Allophone
Definition
the phones that make up the same sound- perceived as the same sound (ex v and w in Hindi)
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Alphabetic Principle
Definition
the relationship between letters of written language and individual sounds of oral language
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Assimilation
Definition
Phonemes change to accommodate sounds around them (input hard to say comes out as IMPUT)
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Blends
Definition
2 letters are used to represent two different phonemes ex. bl, sw
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Complementary Distribution
Definition
the allophones of a phoneme occur in different environments ex "a" vs "an"
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Consonants
Definition
nonsyllabics, constricts air, voiced or voiceless
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Dialect
Definition
variations in language
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Digraphs
Definition
2 letter spellings for one phoneme th sh ch etc
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Diphthongs
Definition
2 sounds ay oy etc
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Etymology
Definition
The study of origins and history of words
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Explicit teaching
Definition
rules clearly stated, provides examples, practice in applying rules
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False Etymology
Definition
spellings changed to more closely resemble Latin or Greek spellings, what scholars thought were their roots but were wrong
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Flap
Definition
the tongue taps against the back of the front teeth
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Fricatives
Definition
constricting the airflow
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Glides
Definition
aka semivowels y/w
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Glottal stop
Definition
stops air in glottal region rather than mouth
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Grapheme
Definition
letters of written language
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Graphophonics
Definition
combination of visual and sound information, sounds of language written symbols representing those sounds
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Implicit Teaching
Definition
students discover the rules
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Liquids
Definition
smooth sounds l/r
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Metalinguistics
Definition
knowledge about language
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Minimal pairs
Definition
2 words that differ by just one sound mag and nag
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nasals
Definition
m n ng
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orthography
Definition
all aspects of writing
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overlapping distribution
Definition
various spellings are possible in the same environment
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phoneme
Definition
a sound that makes a difference in the meaning
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phonology
Definition
the study of sounds
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phonotactics
Definition
possible phoneme combinations of a language
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reduced vowels
Definition
occur in unstressed syllables
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stops
Definition
block air and then release it
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syllables
Definition
alternating vowel and consonant sound
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vowel and consonant
Definition
SOUNDS not letters
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vowels
Definition
syllabics, all voiced
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graphotactic knowledge
Definition
knowledge of all possible combinations of letters
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morphology
Definition
the study of the structure of words
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syntax
Definition
studying the role a word plays in a sentence
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semantics
Definition
the study of the meaning of words and sentences
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delayed spillover
Definition
students use features of reading texts in their own writing at a later time
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direct spillover
Definition
students subconsciously use texts from reading in their writing
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phonemic transcription
Definition
each sound represented by one and only one written mark ex IPA
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universal grammar
Definition
people are born with innate knowledge of grammar- no matter what language, some universals
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generative grammar
Definition
there's a finite set of rules for language learners use to create all grammatical sentences of a language. Also surface structure (what we say) vs. deep structure (what we mean
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children's mistakes in language
Definition
1. they DON'T always imitate adults
2. They overgeneralize rules
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