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Linguistic system made up of the fallowing: Semantics, phonology, syntax, and morphology |
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Sound system of the English language. |
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Word structure or rules used to form words. (Creating words) |
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Cutting parts of a word to form a new word. |
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Creating a single word by joining two or more words. |
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Combining two "parts" of a word to create or form a new word. |
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An abriviation using letters to form a word. Ex) SCUBA, YMCA |
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Grammatical rules that we learn |
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Our unconscious knowledge of grammer |
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Our understanding of words and their meaning. |
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Having more then one meaning. Ex) Joe won is suit. |
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Nonsense. Ex) A colorless blue sky. |
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Something thats not true. Ex) Joe died but is not dead. |
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Relies on the truth before you can asnwer a question. The truth is required to understand the sentence. Ex) Do you want another cookie? |
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Interpretation of quantifiers. Ex) all, some, every |
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Is the word order and the operations that apply to syntactic units. |
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Deformational Suffixes/Prefixes |
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Changes the meanings of words with the use of prefixes and suffixes. |
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Grammatical Suffixes/Prefixes |
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Changes the syntax but not the meaning. |
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Process of generating phrase after phrase. |
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A word or group of words containing meaning. |
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The main word in a phrase that carries the meaning. |
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A phrase that is part of other phrases. |
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Depends upon location, understanding your audience is key. |
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