Lesson 37 Flashcards
0
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Modality
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Meanings such as possibility and necessity
1
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Syntax
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The grammar and word order
2
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Phonology
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The sound system, i.e. pronunciation and intonation
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Phonemes
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Different sounds that distinguish meanings
4
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Diphthongs
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Sounds made by combining vowels
5
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Lexicon
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Specialized term for vocabulary
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Derive
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Originally from
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Anglo-Saxon
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Language of England from 500-1000 AD
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Orthography
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Specialized term for writing systems and spelling
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Character
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Letter or symbol
10
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Pictograms
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Characters representing pictures
11
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Ideograms
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Characters representing ideas/concepts
12
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Morphology
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How words are formed
13
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Morphemes
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Units of meaning
14
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Polysemous
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They have a number of different meanings
