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components of
language
phonology
phonology
Theaspectof languageconcernedwith the rulesgoverningthe
structure,distribution, andsequencing ofspeechsounds and
the shapeof syllables.
phonology
It is thestudy on how speechsounds are usedto convey
meanin
phonology
It is thescienceor study of thesound patternsof human
language.
Phonology looks
at many different things:
Why do related formsdiffer?
Phonologyfinds the systematic ways in whichthe forms differ and
explainsthem.
Phonology looks
at many different things:
What is stored in the mind?
Phonologystudies abstract mental entities, such as structures and
processes. This contrasts with phonetics,which deals with the actual
productionand acoustics of the sounds of language.
Phonology looks
at many different things:
What sounds gotogether?
Looksat what sounds/sound combinationsareacceptedand
why.
Phonology looks
at many different things:
Howare sounds organized into syllables?
With the use of phonologicaltrees syllables are brokenup
more easily.
Phonology looks
at many different things:
What are the differencesbetween languages?
For example, differentlanguages can use differentphonemes,or
differentsyllable structures (what soundscan go together to
makesequences or words) and phonologyidentifiesthese
differences.
phonemes
Phonemesarethemeaningfully
differentsoundunitsinacertain
language(thesmallestunitsof
sound).Forexample,'pat'and'bat'
differintheirfirstphoneme.
segmentalphonemes
Segmentalphonemesreferto
whatissaid
segmentalphonemes
Avowel sound isaspeech
soundthatisproducedthrough
anopenthroatandmouth
passagewithoutanyhindrance
orobstruction.
segmentalphonemes
Aconsonant sound isonethatis
pronouncedwithacertain
degreeofobstructionand
restrictionatthelips,insidethe
mouth,andinthethroat.
supra-segmental phoneme
Supra-segmental phonemes
referstohowyousaywhatyou
say.Itinvolvesphenomena such
asintonation,stress,andpitch.
morphology
morphology
morphology
morphology
Morphology is the
study of words, their
internal structure,
and partially their
meanings.
morphology
It is interested in how
users of a given
language understand
complex words and
invent new lexical
items.
It is the smallest unit of
linguistic for and
meaning.
Two Kinds of Morphemes
FREE MORPHEMES
BOUND MORPHEMES
Two Kinds of Morphemes
FREE MORPHEMES
can occur alone
Two Kinds of Morphemes
FREE MORPHEMES
BOUND MORPHEMES
Two Kinds of Morphemes
BOUND MORPHEMES
must occur with another
morpheme
Two Categories of Morphemes
Lexical, Content, or
Open-class Morphemes
Functional, Grammatical, or
Closed-class Morphemes
Two Categories of Morphemes
Lexical, Content, or
Open-class Morphemes
words that have some meaning.
Two Categories of Morphemes
Functional, Grammatical, or
Closed-class Morphemes
words such as articles, prepositions,
pronouns,and conjunctions.
Stems and Affixes
Stems
Irreducible core of the word, which
contains the word’s principal
meaning.
Stems and Affixes
Affixes
Prefixes
Inflectional Morphemes
Vary or “inflect” the form of words
in order to express the grammatical
features that a given language
chooses.
Derivational Morphemes
Make new words rom old ones.
semantics
semantics
semantics
semantics
It is the study of meaning.
It focuses on the relation
between signifiers, like
words, phrases, signs, and
symbols, and what they
stand for; their denotation.
conceptual/denotative meaning
It refers to expressions or
words associated with or
related to (connotation)
the basic meaning.
associative/connotative meaning
It refers to those basic,
essential components of
meaning which are
conveyed by the literal
use of words.
Syntax is the pattern
of words to show
the relationship of
meaning within.
Syntax the grammar,
structure, or order of
the elements (sentence
pattern) in a language
statement.
Sentence Patterns
normal word order
reversed word order
Understanding the Components of Language
Understanding the Components of Language

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Understanding the Components of Language

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