Ryan K Vocab

Paradigm

1. Description: An example or model.
2. POS: Noun
3. Synonyms: standard, mold, paragon
4. 
5. The steel casting served as our mold to make many more.

Philology

1. Description: The study of written documents for authenticity.
2. POS: Noun
3. Cognates: philologie, philología, philologia
4. 
5. Ralph's love of philology caused him to spend many hours in the library.

Phonology

1. Description: The study of the different sounds of spoken language.
2. POS: Noun
3. Related Forms: phonologic, phonological, phonologically
4. 
5. Henry Higgins of Pygmalion was obsessed with phonology as he tried to turn a poor flower girl into a dutches by simply changing her manner of speech.

Rhetoric

1. Description: The study of the effective use of language; the ability to use language effectively.
2. POS: Noun
3. Synonyms: oration, oratory, rant
4. 
5. Presidential candidates need a good rhetoric in order to pursued the voters to chose them.

Syntax

1. Description: The study of how words come to form phrases and sentences.
2. POS: Noun
3. Synonyms: grammar, tagmemics, linguistics
4. 
5. The syntax of even a simple sentence can discover a lot of structure beneath.