Alex p's vocab

Paradigm

1. a model/pattern, or a group that all have the same element to them

2. noun

3. mold, standard, ideal (syn)

4. My notes were a paradigm to the paper I had to write.

Philology

1. The study of language and words

2. noun

3. Linguistics, speech, literature

4. With philology, we can understand ancient texts.

Phonology
1. Study of sounds in speech

2. noun

3. linguistics, phonetics, speech
4. Phonology has shown that early humans made different sounds than us.

Rhetoric

1. ability to effectively and properly use language

2. noun

3. elocution, oration, discourse

4. The old man's rhetoric was awful.

Syntax

1. study of rules and patterns in language
2. noun

3. logic, linguistics, principles

4. Improving your syntax will make you a better writer.