Andrea's Vocab

Paradigm:
Definition: It is like a symbol that is really clear, and it appears over and over.
POS: Noun.
Synonyms: Archetype, example, symbol.
Picture: Turned in in class.
In the book I was reading, Gilgamesh, the ocean was a paradigm, it symbolized the loss of control; this appears over and over in many novels.
Notes: Etymology: Late Latin paradigma, from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknynai to show side by side, from para- + deiknynai to show

Philology:
Description: Love of words.
POS: Noun.
Picture: Turned in in class.
Synonyms: Etymology, Linguistics, interpretation.
Sentence: I will not be studying philology in college because I do not have a love for words.
Notes: Etymology: French philologie, from Latin philologia love of learning and literature, from Greek, from philologos fond of learning and literature, from phil- + logos word, speech

Phonology:
Description: A study that studies the changes in sound, in a language.
POS: Noun.
Synonyms: Pronunciation, phonemes, descriptive linguistics.
Picture: Turned in in class.
The phonology of the Chinese language fascinates me, the changes in the sound are really interesting and I’d like to learn them someday.
Notes: Phonology can be used in England to place a person relatively close to the region where that person learned to speak.

Rhetoric:
Description: Being persuasive.
POS: Noun.
Picture: Turned in in class.
Synonyms: Flowery language, long speech, persuasive.
Sentence: I use rhetoric when trying to make my brother eat his vegetables, I persuade him to eat them.
Notes: Etymology: Middle English rethorik, from Anglo-French rethorique, from Latin rhetorica, from Greek rhEtorikE, literally, art of oratory, from feminine of rhEtorikos of an orator, from rhEtOr orator, rhetorician, from eirein to say, speak.

Syntax:
Description: The way words are put together to make a sentence.
POS: Noun.
Picture: Turned in in class.
Synonyms: Alphabet, Structure, Grammar.
Sentence: I struggle with syntax, sometimes I don’t have subject/verb agreement and it screws up the whole sentence.
Notes: Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French sintaxe, from Late Latin syntaxis, from Greek, from syntassein to arrange together, from syn- + tassein to arrange