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30 Cards in this Set
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Double Negation
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two or more negations in one sentence
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Prescriptivist
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try to preserve a certain language use that is considered proper or good.
promotes standard language don't recognize variation in language, differences between formal language and informal language, written and spoken language |
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Dictionaries
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used prescriptively, actually descriptive
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Style Guides
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Prescriptive
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Language Pundits
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self appointed experts on language in newspapers and magazines
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Ordinary people
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have strong opinions about language
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Descriptivist
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describe language as it is used and find reasons for why it is used that way.
language changes and varies there are differences in languages |
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Standard English
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variety of language that's been elevated to a prestigious position
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Dialect
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any variety of language that's systematically different in syntax, morphology, lexis, and/or phonology from another variety.
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Phonology
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the study/description of the system or patterns of sounds in a language (abstract or mental aspects of the sounds)
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Phonetics
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the general study/description of sounds, both how sounds are made and perceived.
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IPA
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International Phonetic Alphabet-standard language for describing sounds
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Phoneme
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a sound that's meaningfully different from another sound.
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Allophones
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variants of the phonemes produced in actual language. Usually written within square brackets.
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Consonants
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generally involve mouth gymnastics to constrict or impede the airflow.
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Vowels
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involve free air flow
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Monophthong
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pure vowel
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Diphthong
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a glide from one vowel to another.
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Morphemes
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the building blocks of words
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Morphology
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the study of forms
the study morphemes the study of how words and parts of words are stored in your brain study of the wonderful strategies you use everyday to communicate to create new words and to play with words |
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Compounding
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the combination of 2 or more words into one word or one concept
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Affixation
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adding a prefix or a suffix to a word/stem
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Clipping
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cutting out part of a word
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Backformation
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reducing a word (generally a noun) to form a word of a different type.
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Acronyms and Alphabetisms
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words created from initials of several words
difference is pronunciation |
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Blending
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creating a new word from the combination of 2 words.
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Shifting
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a change in function of a word without a change of its appearance
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Reanalysis
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misunderstanding or misrepresentation of a word
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Borrowing
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taking a word from a foreign language
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Coinage
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making up a word
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