Language Components

Match the following

• Semantics

• The system of rules for combining words into phrases and sentences that make sense; grammatical structure

• Syntax

• The social rules of communication and academic use of language

• Pragmatics

• The study of the relationship between words and how we construct meaning of the words.

• Morphology

• The study of the internal structure of words.

• Phonology

• The study of the basic sound units of language, including phonemes and syllables.

If a student cannot recognize when words rhyme, what is an activity that will help the child hear and distinguish between rhyming and non-rhyming words?