TeXes ESL Supplemental 154 Exam Vocabulary Questions Fully Solved.

Phonetics - Answer study of sounds Phonology - Answer study of words Phonemes - Answer the smallest unit of meaningful sound Allophones - Answer sounds that occur in a particular environment (accent) the accent changes not the meaning Suprasegmentals - Answer words that you say which can go up or down. Example: Would you like some strawberries? Your pitch is higher at the end of the word strawberries. Morphology - Answer the system of how words are built or word formation Morphemes - Answer the smallest unit of language that carries information about meaning or function - affixes Allomorphs - Answer "a" vs "an" and "-s" vs "-es" Lexemes - Answer nouns, verbs, adjectives serve as roots for additional meaning Lexicon - Answer vocabulary of a certain language, free and bound morphemes Syntax - Answer sentence structure Semantics - Answer the meaning of words