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Linguistics Key Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| linguistics | The scientific study of language and its structure. |
| Morphology | The study of the forms of words. |
| morpheme | The smallest meaningful unit of language. |
| derivation | The origin of a word (Greek, Latin, Anglo-Saxon) |
| etymology | The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. The origin of a word. |
| prefix | The affix that comes before the base/root; changes the meaning of the word |
| Base / root | The word part that gives meaning to the word (Anglo, Greek & Latin) |
| suffix | The affix that comes after the base/root; often tells you the part of speech |
| consonant | A speech sound that is produced by stopping or shaping the air from the mouth |
| Vowel | A speech sound produced by vibration of vocal cords |
| syllable | A unit of spoken language that has 1 vowel sound |
| Short vowel | Word to describe quick vowel sound |
| Long vowel | Word to describe an elongated vowel sound |
| Closed syllable | The syllable in which the vowel is closed in by 1 or + consonants. The vowel is short. |
| v-e syllable | The syllable in which the vowel is followed by a consonant and then an e. The vowel is long. |
| Open syllable | The syllable ends with a vowel. The vowel is long. |
| R-controlled syllable | A syllable in which the vowel is followed by r. |
| Consonant -le syllable | The syllable type that ends with a consonant and -le. Only at the end of a word. |
| Vowel team syllable | The syllable contains a vowel pair (ey, ai, ou) |
| breve | Symbol to identify a short vowel |
| macron | Symbol to identify a long vowel |
| blend | 2+ consonants together keeping their individual sounds (bl, str) |
| Consonant digraph | A combination of two or more consonants that make one sound (wh, th, sh) |
| trigraph | A combination of 3 letters that make one sound (dge, tch) |
| Welded sounds | Sounds that stick together (ink, ong, am) |
| Bonus letters | F, L, S, Z |
| Base / root | The part of a word that provides meaning |
| prefix | The affix that comes before a base/root that changes the word’s meaning |
| suffix | The affix that comes after the base/root that changes the word’s meaning and/or part of speech |
| affixes | Prefixes and suffixes |
| Voiced sound | made by the vibration of the vocal cords; your throat will vibrate! |
| Unvoiced sound | made without the vibration of vocal cords; sound is made by restricting airflow; no vibration in your throat! |
| Fricative sound | consonant sounds made by narrowing the vocal tract, creating audible friction: /f/, /s/, /v/, /sh/ are examples |
| Affricate sound | consonant sounds made by stopping the airflow and then releasing it, creating a burst of sound: /ch/, /j/ are examples |
| dictation | the action of saying words to be written down - this is our SPELLING practice!!! |
| assimilations or chameleon prefixes | when a final consonant changes to match the beginning sound of a word: in, com, ad are examples. This helps to make the word easier to say. Con = col + lect = collect |
| connectives | letters that help connect a base and a suffix; i, u, ul, ol, e are most common for Latin roots |
| bound morphemes | smallest morphemes that cannot stand alone and must connect with a base to create meaning; -ed is an example |
| free morphemes | smallest morphemes that can stand along as words; they, cat, book are examples |
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