SLO1 WGU - Theories of Second
Language Acquisition and Grammar
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Semantics -
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Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences
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Pragmatics -
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The study of how context and situation affect meaning
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Homonym -
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To, too, two
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Homograph -
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, Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
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Metaphor -
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Non literal meaning
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Idiom -
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Meaning unrelated to the meaning of its parts
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Discourse -
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Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
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Deixis -
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Most know context to understand
You go there.
She did that.
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Anaphora -
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, Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
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Anomaly -
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Violation of semantic rules
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Phonetic alphabet -
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Represent phonetics segments of speech
Cat - /k/ae/t/
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Allomorph -
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Alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme
Dog - d>g
Dogs -dagz
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Orthography -
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Written form of a language
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, Glottis -
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Opening between the vocal cords
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Obstruent -
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Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and affricates
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Sonorant -
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Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
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Suprasegmental -
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Prosodic features
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Manner of articulation -
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Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
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Place of articulation -
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