PRAXIS II: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE
(5038) LANGUAGE USE & VOCAB WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100%
Phonetics
The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Phonology
The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect
Morphology
The study of the structure of words
Semantics
The study of the meaning in language
Syntax
The study of the structure of sentences
Pragmatics
The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Sociolinguistics
Studying language as it relates to society, including race, class, gender, and age
Ethnolinguistics
Studying language as it relates to culture behavior.
Frequently associated with minority linguictic groups within the larger culture
Psycholinguistics
Studying language as it relates to the psychological and neurological factors that enable humans to
learn language
Dialect
A variation of language that is a characteristic of a particular group.
Creole
A stable, natural language developed from mixing parent languages.
Pidgin
Simplified language used as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not
have a language in common.
Regionalism
Words or phrases used in common by population in a particular region.
, Vernacular Language
The dialect, or normal spoken form of language, of a specific population.
Nonstandard Language
"Why you no cooperate with me, huh?"
Unnatural Language
"Thou art so lame."
Subject
Who or what the sentence is about
Predicate
Rest of sentence or clause that is not the subject, usually has a verb/action
Noun
Thing or Person
Pronoun
Replaces a noun
I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone,
everybody, etc.
Pronoun Shift
When a writer begins by using a particular type of pronoun then shifts abruptly to using a different
type of pronoun.
Ex. A person who drives an older car would do well to keep a set of jumper cables in the trunk, in the
event that your car suddenly refuses to start.
Verb
Action or State
Infinitive
Is the most basic form of the verb and is usually preceded by the preposition "to."
Ex. to read, to write, to illustrate
Split Infinitive
Occurs when a word (usually an adverb) is put between "to" and the verb.
Ex. Mark decided to hastily clean the house before his parents returned.
(5038) LANGUAGE USE & VOCAB WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100%
Phonetics
The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Phonology
The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect
Morphology
The study of the structure of words
Semantics
The study of the meaning in language
Syntax
The study of the structure of sentences
Pragmatics
The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Sociolinguistics
Studying language as it relates to society, including race, class, gender, and age
Ethnolinguistics
Studying language as it relates to culture behavior.
Frequently associated with minority linguictic groups within the larger culture
Psycholinguistics
Studying language as it relates to the psychological and neurological factors that enable humans to
learn language
Dialect
A variation of language that is a characteristic of a particular group.
Creole
A stable, natural language developed from mixing parent languages.
Pidgin
Simplified language used as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not
have a language in common.
Regionalism
Words or phrases used in common by population in a particular region.
, Vernacular Language
The dialect, or normal spoken form of language, of a specific population.
Nonstandard Language
"Why you no cooperate with me, huh?"
Unnatural Language
"Thou art so lame."
Subject
Who or what the sentence is about
Predicate
Rest of sentence or clause that is not the subject, usually has a verb/action
Noun
Thing or Person
Pronoun
Replaces a noun
I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone,
everybody, etc.
Pronoun Shift
When a writer begins by using a particular type of pronoun then shifts abruptly to using a different
type of pronoun.
Ex. A person who drives an older car would do well to keep a set of jumper cables in the trunk, in the
event that your car suddenly refuses to start.
Verb
Action or State
Infinitive
Is the most basic form of the verb and is usually preceded by the preposition "to."
Ex. to read, to write, to illustrate
Split Infinitive
Occurs when a word (usually an adverb) is put between "to" and the verb.
Ex. Mark decided to hastily clean the house before his parents returned.
