U1.W2 Stylistics Quiz - Ranks and levels

allograph

• a variant way of writing a particular grapheme (alphabetic letter); the written analogue of an allophone.
• a phonological variant of a word, e.g. either one of the two ways of pronouncing ‘scone’ (/skɒn/ ‘rhyming with ‘gone’, or /skəʊn/ rhyming with ‘loan’).
• a ‘variant’ of a phoneme. Thus, the phoneme /p/ in English has the allophone (phonetic variant) [ph] in ‘pin’ (aspirated ‘p’), but the allophone (phonetic variant0 [p] in ‘spin’ (non-aspirated ‘p’).

allomorph

• a phonological variant of a word, e.g. either one of the two ways of pronouncing ‘scone’ (/skɒn/ ‘rhyming with ‘gone’, or /skəʊn/ rhyming with ‘loan’).
• a term which is occasionally used to describe one of the senses of a word (or by extension of a phrase which can occur as an idiom) which is polysemous/polysemic . A ‘sense-variant’ of a word (or by extension other grammatical entity).
• a ‘variant’ of a phoneme. Thus, the phoneme /p/ in English has the allophone (phonetic variant) [ph] in ‘pin’ (aspirated ‘p’), but the allophone (phonetic variant0 [p] in ‘spin’ (non-aspirated ‘p’).

allophone

• a ‘variant’ of a phoneme. Thus, the phoneme /p/ in English has the allophone (phonetic variant) [ph] in ‘pin’ (aspirated ‘p’), but the allophone (phonetic variant0 [p] in ‘spin’ (non-aspirated ‘p’).
• a term which is occasionally used to describe one of the senses of a word (or by extension of a phrase which can occur as an idiom) which is polysemous/polysemic . A ‘sense-variant’ of a word (or by extension other grammatical entity).
• a group of phonemes which contain a vowel at its centre, or what is sometimes called its ‘nucleus’. Thus, ‘at’, ‘cat’, ‘car’ are all syllables in English; فَ (fa), قُل (qul) and قال (qāl) are syllables in Arabic)

alloseme

• a term which is occasionally used to describe one of the senses of a word (or by extension of a phrase which can occur as an idiom) which is polysemous/polysemic . A ‘sense-variant’ of a word (or by extension other grammatical entity).
• a variant way of writing a particular grapheme (alphabetic letter); the written analogue of an allophone.
• a ‘variant’ of a phoneme. Thus, the phoneme /p/ in English has the allophone (phonetic variant) [ph] in ‘pin’ (aspirated ‘p’), but the allophone (phonetic variant0 [p] in ‘spin’ (non-aspirated ‘p’).

polysemy

• a situation in which a lexical item (word) has a range of different and distinct meanings or senses, e.g. plain = (i) ‘clear’, (ii) ‘unadorned’, (iii) ‘tract of flat country’. A large proportion of a language’s vocabulary is traditionally regarded as polysemic (or polysemous)
• a term which is occasionally used to describe one of the senses of a word (or by extension of a phrase which can occur as an idiom) which is polysemous/polysemic . A ‘sense-variant’ of a word (or by extension other grammatical entity).
• a group of phonemes which contain a vowel at its centre, or what is sometimes called its ‘nucleus’. Thus, ‘at’, ‘cat’, ‘car’ are all syllables in English; فَ (fa), قُل (qul) and قال (qāl) are syllables in Arabic)

semantic sub-variant

• a term used to describe a variant meaning of a sense of a particular word, e.g. the meaning ‘comb’ as an interpretation of ‘do’ (in its basic sense) in the phrase ‘do [one’s] hair’
• a phonological variant of a word, e.g. either one of the two ways of pronouncing ‘scone’ (/skɒn/ ‘rhyming with ‘gone’, or /skəʊn/ rhyming with ‘loan’).
• a ‘variant’ of a phoneme. Thus, the phoneme /p/ in English has the allophone (phonetic variant) [ph] in ‘pin’ (aspirated ‘p’), but the allophone (phonetic variant0 [p] in ‘spin’ (non-aspirated ‘p’).

level

• a distinct sub-domain in linguistics which can be distinguished by how abstract the linguistic entities in question are
• degree of 'distance' from real-world linguistic entities in question
• a more technical-sounding term for ‘word’.

rank

• degree of 'distance' from real-world linguistic entities in question
• a distinct sub-domain in linguistics which can be distinguished by how abstract the linguistic entities in question are
• a complete, self-contained linguistic unit at the abstract level of linguistic analysis capable of acting as a vehicle for communication, or an utterance of this abstract unit; over and above the basic grammatical units that it contains, a sentence must have sense-conferring properties of intonation or punctuation in English

syntax

• the branch of grammar that concerns the arrangement of words into phrases, and – with the addition of features of intonation, punctuation and word order – into sentences.
• the branch of grammar that concerns the arrangement of basic grammatical elements, morphemes, into words
• a more technical-sounding term for ‘word’.

morphology

• the branch of grammar that concerns the arrangement of basic grammatical elements, morphemes, into words
• the branch of grammar that concerns the arrangement of words into phrases, and – with the addition of features of intonation, punctuation and word order – into sentences.
• a more technical-sounding term for ‘word’.