Chapter 10 Oral and Written Language

These are the smallest units of language; the speech sounds of language.

• semantics

• phonemes

• pragmatics

• syntax

A set of rules that concerns the way that words are placed in sequence to make an acceptable sentence or phrase

• learning theory

• pragmatics

• syntax

• morphemes

The rules for using language appropriately and to best advantage.

• pragmatics

• phonemes

• dialect

• private speech

Our knowledge of _______ is basically unconscious; that is, it is something we learn through the natural course of everyday life.

• comprehension

• vocabulary

• writing

• language

The capacity to read text accurately and quickly.

• phonemic awareness

• fluency

• literacy

• vocabulary

The smallest meaningful units in a language and strings of sounds that have meaning.

• morphemes

• semantics

• pragmatics

• phonemes

The study of meaning that refers to words used in the correct context and attached to the appropriate referent.

• semantics

• syntax

• morphemes

• pragmatics

______ is a variation of the standard speech of a language.

• literate

• bilingual

• dialect

• writing

The ability to hear and identify individual sounds and spoken words.

• phonemic awareness

• vocabulary

• comprehension

• pragmatics

_______is a means by which a child achieves some purpose through the use of language.

• comprehension

• syntax

• phonemic awareness

• function