Thursday, September 20, 2007

Brian Wilterink - week 2

PARADIGM
1. An idea or theory that has the ability to have additional information be added to it.
2. Noun
3. Paradigma-E, Example-S, model-S
5. This word web is a paradigm because the main theme has severalideas branching off of it.
PHILOLOGY
1. The study of historical literature
2. Noun
3. Philologie-E, Philologos-E, Etymology-S
5. To gain a better understanding of our language today people study philology.
PHONOLOGY
1. The study of how language changes over time.
2. Noun
3. Terminology-S, Phonetics-S, Linguistics-S
5. The glottal stop was used in old english but over time it was used less and less.
RHETORIC
1. Proper speech and writing
2. Noun
3. Rethorik-E, Rethorique-E, Rhetorica-E
5. James Madison used very proper rhetoric when writing the constitution.
SYNTAX
1. The order in which words are put togther.
2. Noun
3. Sintaxe-E, Syntaxis-E, Syntassein-E
5. When using refrigerator magnet words you have the ability to form any syntax you want.

No comments: