Eng1502 / Sem1 Introduction To English Language Questions With Correct Answers

Morphemes CORRECT ANSWER are the smallest meaningful units that combine to form words Affix prefix suffix CORRECT ANSWER The smallest part of a word that has a grammatical function or meaning Free morphemes CORRECT ANSWER complete words which cannot be broken down any further into smaller units Lexical morphemes (free) CORRECT ANSWER Lexical morphemes carry the 'content' of the messages we convey Grammatical morphemes (free) CORRECT ANSWER Grammatical morphemes consist of function words such as con- junctions, prepositions, articles and pronouns, for example (and, because, a, and, for, of, I. Phonetics CORRECT ANSWER The study of speech sounds. Phonology CORRECT ANSWER The study of the sound patterning system Lexis CORRECT ANSWER The study of the actual words a writer or speaker chooses to use. Morphology CORRECT ANSWER The study of how words are formed. Syntax CORRECT ANSWER The study of how words combine to form sentences and the rules that govern the formations. Orthography CORRECT ANSWER Writing systems Semantics CORRECT ANSWER The study of meaning, how meaning is made and understood Pragmatics CORRECT ANSWER The study of the use of language in communication - i.e. sentences as used in contexts and situations. Discourse CORRECT ANSWER How language is organized beyond the sentence, i.e. in larger texts homophones CORRECT ANSWER two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)