Linguistics: Introduction to Language
Core linguistic concepts — phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.
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What is the study of the physical sounds of human speech, including their production and perception?
Phonetics
According to Ferdinand de Saussure, what are the two components that make up a linguistic sign?
The signifier (the sound-image) and the signified (the concept).
Which branch of linguistics focuses on the rules and principles for constructing sentences?
Syntax
What is the term for words that have the same or nearly the same meaning?
Synonymy
What is the smallest unit of sound that can distinguish one word from another in a particular language?
Phoneme
What is the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation?
Morphology
What are two words that differ by only one phoneme in the same position, such as 'bat' and 'pat'?
Minimal pairs
What are the phonetic variations of a single phoneme that do not change the meaning of a word?
Allophones
What is the difference between a free morpheme and a bound morpheme?
A free morpheme can stand alone as a word, while a bound morpheme must be attached to another morpheme.
What semantic relationship is defined by a 'kind of' hierarchy, where one word is a member of a broader category?
Hyponymy
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