FTCE ESOL EXAM

Phonology - Answer- the way in which speech sounds form patterns; characteristics include phonemes, pitch, and stress concept maps - Answer- students learn the relationship between the different elements of a topic and how to organize them from the most general to the most specific Surface Structure - Answer- what we say or write-literal meaning of words Pitch - Answer- determines the context or meaning of words or series of words Stress - Answer- occurs at a "word" or "sentence" level Dialect - Answer- a variety of speech characterized by its own particular grammar or pronunciation - Answer- often associated with a particular geographical region Phonographemics - Answer- study of letters and letter combinations Phonemes - Answer- smallest units of sound in the human language, like consonants or vowels Homonyms - Answer- word forms that have two or more meanings Homographs - Answer- two or more words that have same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings, e.g. stalk (part of plant)/stalk (follow) different meanings - Answer- e.g. stalk (part of plant)/stalk (follow) Homophones - Answer- two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings and spelling e.g. wood/would, cite/sight Heteronyms - Answer- two or more words that have the same spelling, but have a different pronunciation and meaning, e.g. Polish/polish. Morphemic Analysis - Answer- requires breaking a word down into its component parts to determine its meaning Sociolinguistics - Answer- the study of how social conditions influence the use of language these social factors include ethnicity, religion, gender, status, age, and education play a role in how individuals use language M