Sociolinguistics -ANS-The study of how social conditions influence the use of language
Code Switching -ANS-Interspersing one language with another
Dialect -ANS-Complete system of verbal communication (oral or signed, not written) with its own
pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar; often associated with regions or social groups
Pragmatics -ANS-The study of how the context impacts the interpretation of language
Phonology -ANS-The way in which speech sounds form patterns
Phonemes -ANS-The smallest unit of sound that affects meaning
Phonographemics -ANS-Study of letters and letter combinations
Homonyms -ANS-General term for word forms that have two or more meanings
Homophones -ANS-Two words with the same pronunciation, but different meaning and spelling
(wood/would, cite/sight)
Homographs -ANS-Two words with the same spelling or pronunciation, but different meanings (stalk-to
follow, stalk-part of a plant)
Heteronyms -ANS-Two words that have the same spelling, but different pronunciation and meanings
(Polish, polish)
Morphology -ANS-How te words of a language are formed to create meaningful messages
Morpheme -ANS-Smallest unit of a language system that has meaning
, Syntax -ANS-Order words are arranged to create meaning
Standardizer -ANS-One who successfully integrates new knowledge
Simplifier -ANS-Reverts to syntactical rules of earlier stages (requires a reteach)
Semantics -ANS-The meaning of words
DIscourse -ANS-linguistic components of several sentences
BICS -ANS-Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
CALP -ANS-Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
CUP -ANS-Common Underlying Proficiency (skills that can transfer from L1 to English learning
LAD -ANS-Language Acquisition Device
Chomsky -ANS-Language Acquisition Device
Language Acquisition Device -ANS-innate, nature, experience using language activates
Behaviorist Theory -ANS-Children learn by being rewarded
Piaget -ANS-Cognitive Constructivism
Cognitive Constructivism -ANS-Language as reflection of thought, does not contribute to development of
thinking, cognitive thinking precedes language development