Semantics - correct answer ✔✔The study of the subsystem of language which involves the meaning of
individual words, phrases and sentences
Phoneme - correct answer ✔✔In a language, the smallest distinctive sound unit that is capable of
conveying a distinction in meaning
Morpheme - correct answer ✔✔In a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or
a part of a word (such as a prefix)
Syntax - correct answer ✔✔The study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
Pragmatics - correct answer ✔✔The rules for the use of language in social context and in conversation or
the study of these rules;
Lexicon - correct answer ✔✔A language user's knowledge of words
Homonym - correct answer ✔✔A word that sounds like another but differs in meaning and spelling
Homographs - correct answer ✔✔Two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning
Root - correct answer ✔✔The base component of a term which gives it meaning
Antonyms - correct answer ✔✔Words that have opposite meanings
Synonyms - correct answer ✔✔Two words that can be interchanged in a context because they mean the
same thing
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