Thursday, September 20, 2007

Bethann W. Vocab

Vocabulary

Paradigm
POS: noun
Description: An example or set pattern
Related Words: model, sample, and outline
Sentence: To make the candies the same they kept out the paradigm.
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Philology
POS: Noun
Description: The studying of literature and all the small aspects
Related Words: linguistics, writing, and literature
Sentence: In my world lit class we reviewed philology.
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Phonology
POS: Noun
Description: The studying of the speaking language and the patterns of it
Related Words: phonetics, phonemics
Sentence: The struggling student got the program Hooked on Phonics , to help him with phonology
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Rhetoric
POS: Noun
Description: Using language correctly and efficiently
Related Words: speaking, phrase, vernacular
Sentence: The old teacher used absolutely no inflection and bored the class to death.
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Syntax
POS: Noun
Description: The putting together of words and phrases
Related Words: syntactic, sentence structure, and linguistics
Sentence: The rules of syntax were not followed in the horrible paper.
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1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

"Rhetoric:" your sentence does not incorporate "rhetoric;" it talks about inflection.
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