Kirsten's Vocab

Paradigm
POS: Noun
Description: A group of forms that all contain a particular element of a word.
Related Words: pattern, model, standard
Sentence: The words girl, girl's, and girls is an example of a paradigm.

Philology
POS: Noun
Description: The study of language and literature.
Related Words: philologist, language, philological
Sentence: English 11 involved a lot of philology.

Phonology
POS: Noun
Description: The study of speech sounds in a language.
Related Words: speech, phonics, phonological
Sentence: In Spanish class, we study the phonology of the Spanish language.

Rhetoric
POS: Noun
Description: The ability to use language effectively.
Related Words: oratory, speech, language
Sentence: Mrs. Schellengberg teaches her class rhetoric when they are writing essays.

Syntax
POS: Noun
Description: The study of the rules and patterns for forming grammatical sentences.
Related Words: grammar, sentence, structure
Sentence: While studying syntax, we went over subject/verb agreement.