SLO1 WGU
1. Semantics Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences
2. Pragmatics The study of how context and situation affect meaning
3. Homonym To, too, two
4. Homograph Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
5. Metaphor Non literal meaning
6. Idiom Meaning unrelated to the meaning of its parts
7. Discourse Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
8. Deixis Most know context to understand
You go there.
She did that.
9. Anaphora Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
10. Anomaly Violation of semantic rules
11. Phonetic alpha- Represent phonetics segments of speech
bet
Cat - /k/ae/t/
12. Allomorph Alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme
Dog - d>g
Dogs -dagz
13. Orthography Written form of a language
14. Glottis Opening between the vocal cords
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15. Obstruent Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and affricates
16. Sonorant Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
17. Suprasegmental Prosodic features
18. Manner of articu- Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
lation
19. Place of articula- Part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during the production of speech
tion sounds
20. Bilabial Sounds made by bringing the lips together
21. Labiodental Sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
22. Alveolar Raising tongue to alveolar ridge
23. Palatal Raising front part of tongue to the palate
24. Velar Raising back of tongue to the soft palate or velum
25. Uvular Raising back of the tongue to the uvula
26. Voiced Sounds using voice
27. Voiceless Sounds made with open and nonvibrating vocal cords
28. Oral Air escaping through mouth
29. Nasal Air through nose
30. Overgeneraliza- When Lang learners apply certain rule to situations where the rule doesn't work
tion
Cutted, eated, runned
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31. LAD Language acquisition device/universal grammar: device in brain which is where
language is acquired
32. Critical period hy- Lenneberg: there is a window of opportunity for people to acquire a first language
pothesis
33. Caretaker talk Modified talk used by parents and other caretakers when talking to young chil-
dren.
Esso baby
34. Behaviorism In regards to lang acquisition, language learning is a matter of imitation and habit
formation
35. Innatism Chomsky: children are biologically programmed for language
36. Interactionism Language develops as a result of the complex interplay between the uniquely
human characteristic of the child and the environment in which the child develops
37. Foreigner talk Modified language used by native speakers of a language when speaking to a
nonnative speaker
38. Modified input Changing language to make it more understandable for one's conversation part-
ner
39. Contrastive Linked to behaviorism because they believe that errors in L2 come from l1
analysis interference
hypothesis
40. Krashen's five hy- Acquisition learning
pothesis Monitor
Natural order
1. Semantics Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences
2. Pragmatics The study of how context and situation affect meaning
3. Homonym To, too, two
4. Homograph Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
5. Metaphor Non literal meaning
6. Idiom Meaning unrelated to the meaning of its parts
7. Discourse Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
8. Deixis Most know context to understand
You go there.
She did that.
9. Anaphora Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
10. Anomaly Violation of semantic rules
11. Phonetic alpha- Represent phonetics segments of speech
bet
Cat - /k/ae/t/
12. Allomorph Alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme
Dog - d>g
Dogs -dagz
13. Orthography Written form of a language
14. Glottis Opening between the vocal cords
, SLO1 WGU
15. Obstruent Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and affricates
16. Sonorant Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
17. Suprasegmental Prosodic features
18. Manner of articu- Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
lation
19. Place of articula- Part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during the production of speech
tion sounds
20. Bilabial Sounds made by bringing the lips together
21. Labiodental Sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
22. Alveolar Raising tongue to alveolar ridge
23. Palatal Raising front part of tongue to the palate
24. Velar Raising back of tongue to the soft palate or velum
25. Uvular Raising back of the tongue to the uvula
26. Voiced Sounds using voice
27. Voiceless Sounds made with open and nonvibrating vocal cords
28. Oral Air escaping through mouth
29. Nasal Air through nose
30. Overgeneraliza- When Lang learners apply certain rule to situations where the rule doesn't work
tion
Cutted, eated, runned
, SLO1 WGU
31. LAD Language acquisition device/universal grammar: device in brain which is where
language is acquired
32. Critical period hy- Lenneberg: there is a window of opportunity for people to acquire a first language
pothesis
33. Caretaker talk Modified talk used by parents and other caretakers when talking to young chil-
dren.
Esso baby
34. Behaviorism In regards to lang acquisition, language learning is a matter of imitation and habit
formation
35. Innatism Chomsky: children are biologically programmed for language
36. Interactionism Language develops as a result of the complex interplay between the uniquely
human characteristic of the child and the environment in which the child develops
37. Foreigner talk Modified language used by native speakers of a language when speaking to a
nonnative speaker
38. Modified input Changing language to make it more understandable for one's conversation part-
ner
39. Contrastive Linked to behaviorism because they believe that errors in L2 come from l1
analysis interference
hypothesis
40. Krashen's five hy- Acquisition learning
pothesis Monitor
Natural order
