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LETRS Unit 1 Session 2Semantics - -The study of word and phrase meanings and relationships
-Morphology - -The study of meaningful units in a language and how the
units are combined in word formation
-Discourse - -Organizational conventions used in longer segments of oral or
written language
-Phonology - -The rule system within a language by which phonemes can be
sequenced, combined, and pronounced to make words
-Syntax - -The system of rules governing permissible word order in
sentences
-Orthography - -A writing system for representing language and the rules
that govern it
-Pragmatics - -The system of rules and conventions for using language and
related gestures in a social context
-Example of Phonology - -No English word begins with the sound /ng/; the
sound /p/ and /k/ are never adjacent in the same syllable.
-Example of Orthography - -Every English word ending in /v/ is spelled with -
ve; the letter x is never doubled.
-Example of Morphology - -Nat- is a root. Nature is a non=in; natural is an
adjective; naturalist is a noun; naturally is an adverb.
-Example of Semantics - -The word rank has multiple meanings. The words
order and sequence have similar meanings.
-Example of Syntax - -"Our district recruits new teachers" is a sentence; "
New teachers our district recruits" is not a sentence.
-Example of Discourse - -Discourse includes paragraph structure, cohesive
ties, and genre conventions such as story structure.
-Example of Pragmatics - -To one person I say, "That is my seat!" To
another, I say, "Excuse me, my ticket has that seat number."
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