Tuesday, September 18, 2007

DAN'S VOCAB

VOCABULARY

Paradigm
Description - something acting as a model or a pattern
POS - noun
Related Words - example, sample, model (synonyms)
Sentence - A model airplane is a paradigm of a real airplane.
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Philology
Description - the study of literary texts and records to establish their original form and their meaning
POS - noun
Related Words - linguistics, fundaments, syntax (synonyms)
Sentence - Theologians use philology to study the bible.
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Phonology
Description - the study of the patterns in speech sounds and language
POS - noun
Related Words - linguistics, syntax, accent (synonyms)
Sentence - Phonology is used to help kids with speech problems.
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Rhetoric
Description - the ability to use language effectively
POS - noun
Related Words - bombast, magniloquence, big talk (synonyms)
Sentence - Most poets sound very rhetoric in their poems.
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Syntax
Description - rules for the formation of grammatical sentences
POS - noun
Related Words - linguistics, sentence structure, rudiments (synonyms)
Sentence - Thanks to text messaging, syntax errors are very common today.
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1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

"Rhetoric" is a noun. You use it as an adverb.
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