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20 Cards in this Set
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Abate
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to lessen, to subside
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Aberration
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straying away from what is normal
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Abeyance
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suspended action
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Abjure
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promise or swear to give up
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Abraded
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rubbed off, worn away by friction
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Abrogate
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repeal or annul by authority
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Abstruse
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difficult to comprehend, obscure
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Acarpous
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no longer fertile, worn out
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Accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
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Admonitory
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containing warning
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Dialect
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The shared linguistic features of a group of people, often one from a particular region or of a particular ethnic or social background
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Regionalism
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a characteristic feature of the pronunciation or structure of the language spoken in a particular region of the country
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Prescriptive Grammar
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an approach to teaching grammar, the purpose of which is to prescribe “proper” usage, rather than to describe how the language is actually used.
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Descriptive Grammar
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who knows
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Structuralism
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an approach to analyzing grammar, associated with mid-twentieth century linguists , in which the purpose is to describe how the language is actually used in its various dialects, not to prescribe a “correct” version
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Form Classes
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the large, open classes of words that provide the lexical content of the language: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
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Structure Classes
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The small, closed classes of words that explain the grammatical or structural relationships of the form classes
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Phonology
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The study of phonemes
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Phoneme
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The smallest unit of sound that makes a difference I meaning
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Morpheme
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A sound or combination of sounds with meaning
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