Morphemes CORRECT ANSWER are the smallest meaningful units that combine to form words
Affix prefix suffix CORRECT ANSWER The smallest part of a word
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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)
homonyms CORRECT ANSWER Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings. (e.g. bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept)).
heteronyms CORRECT ANSWER: two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation (e.g. row (a series of objects arranged in a line), pronounced (r), and row (a fight), pronounced (rou)).
homographs CORRECT ANSWER two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. tear (water from the eyes) tear (rip -apart)).
phoneme CORRECT ANSWER When studying the symbols at this level we don't call them letters or alphabets, but phonemes.
B[i]g; br[i]ttle, b[u]sy; br[i]tain CORRECT ANSWER Short vowel [I]
D[e]sk; fr[ie]nd; w[ea]ther CORRECT ANSWER Short vowel [e]
C[a]t, l[a]nguage, ex[a]ctly CORRECT ANSWER Short vowel [æ]
H[o]t; acr[o]ss; c[o]ntinent CORRECT ANSWER Short vowel [ɑ]
B[oo]k, w[o]man, f[u]ll CORRECT ANSWER Short vowel [ʊ]
C[u]t; b[u]tter; c[o]lourful CORRECT ANSWER Short vowel [ʌ]
D[ay]; afr[ai]d; gr[ea]t CORRECT ANSWER Diphthong [ei]
Jul[y]; dec[i]de; b[u]y CORRECT ANSWER Diphthong [ɑi]
B[oy]; v[oi]ce; enj[oy] CORRECT ANSWER Diphthong [ɔi]
Cl[o]se; kn[o]w; m[o]ment CORRECT ANSWER Diphthong [əʊ]
T[o]wn; fl[o]wer; m[ou]ntain CORRECT ANSWER Diphthong [ɑʊ]
H[ea]r, h[ere]; app[ea]r CORRECT ANSWER Diphthong [iə]
H[ai]r; w[ea]r; p[a]rents CORRECT ANSWER Diphthong [eə]
S[ure], Jan[ua]ry CORRECT ANSWER Diphthong [ʊə]
Tr[ee]; p[eo]ple; pol[i]ce CORRECT ANSWER Long vowel [iː]
B[a]sketball; [a]sk; photogr[a]ph CORRECT ANSWER Long vowel [ɑː]
B[a]ll; blackb[oa]rd; d[au]ghter CORRECT ANSWER Long vowel [ɔː]
Bl[ue]; sch[oo]l; aftern[oo]n; n[oo]n CORRECT ANSWER Long vowel [uː]
B[u]rn; g[i]rl, pref[e]r CORRECT ANSWER Long vowel [ɜː]
[Sh]ip; Engli[sh]; musi[ci]an CORRECT ANSWER Special consonants [ʃ]
Lun[ch]; [ch]air; tea[ch]er CORRECT ANSWER Special consonants [tʃ]
Televi[s]ion; plea[s]ure CORRECT ANSWER Special consonants [ʒ]
Too[th]; [th]ink; bir[th]day CORRECT ANSWER Special consonants [θ]
[Th]is; wea[th]er; wi[th] CORRECT ANSWER Special consonants [ð]
[J]ohn; [J]enny; langua[g]e; lar[g]e CORRECT ANSWER Special consonants [dʒ]
Bri[ng]; lo[ng]; buildi[ng] CORRECT ANSWER Special consonants [ŋ]
Stress placement: agreement CORRECT ANSWER aGREEment
Stress placement argument CORRECT ANSWER ARgument [Show Less]