ESOL Praxis Study Guide- Foundations of Linguistics Section

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the study of the production of sounds in speech

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phonetics

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the study of sounds and patterns of particular languages

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phonology

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the way the voice rises and falls in speech

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intonation

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emphasis placed on syllables or words

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stress

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the smallest unit of meaning in a language

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morpheme

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the study of how morphemes are combined to make words

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morphology

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examines how words are constructed into phrases or sentences

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syntax

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the study of meaning in language

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semantics

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a way to visually represent sounds

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transcription

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the best known transcription system

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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)