Unit 4 Vocabulary Quiz

In every language, sounds are combined into meaningful sequences called words. The study of these units of meaning is called:

• Symbols

• Morphemes

• Phonemes

• Semantics

The way we respond to others, like how boys respond to boys and girls to girls, and can be a characteristic conversational style, is known as:

• Pragmatics

• Report Talk

• Rapport Talk

• Trouble Talk

The significant sound distinctions in a given language, the sounds of "c" and "th" are called:

• Semantics

• Morphemes

• Sounds

• Phonemes

This is another term for the word "word", referring to units of meaning, is known as:

• Morphemes

• Phonemes

• Syntatctics

• Report Talk

The study of how we use language in social contexts is known as:

• Syntactics

• Pragmatics

• Signs

• Symbols

The words "dog" is a special kind of sign known as a what? It is a representation a canine, for example...

• Symbol

• Morpheme

• Phoneme

• Pragmatic

This type of "talk" refers to the focus on content, or what the conversation reports to say...

• Trouble Talk

• Talk Talk

• Rapport Talk

• Report Talk

The study of sentence structcuire, like how words come together to form a sentence, is known as:

• Syntactics

• Pragmatics

• Morphemes

• Phonemes

This kind of "talk" rocuses on relational meaning. It is:known as:

• Trouble Talk

• Double Talk

• Rapport Talk

• Report Talk

People must find a way to express the ideas they have in their minds. These representations are called:

• Symbols

• Signs

• Words

• Sentences