Thursday, September 20, 2007

Vocab week 2

Paradigm

1.) Picture on separate sheet

2.) An example or pattern that others use.

3.) Noun

4.) mold, ideal, standard

5.) Forest Hills Eastern is a paradigm for other schools in the area.

Philology

1.) Picture on separate sheet

2.) To analyze written material or records; to judge authenticity of the text.

3.) Noun

4.) linguistics, humanities, humanistic discipline

5.) The museum hired an expert in the field of philology to decide if the book was authentic.


Phonology

1.) Picture on separate sheet

2.) The study of speech, sounds, and patterns found in a language.

3.) Noun

4.) phonemics, linguistics, descriptive linguistics

5.) The phenology of english is difficult to master for some people.

Rhetoric

1.) Picture on separate sheet

2.) The use of language for persuasion.

3.) Noun

4.) grandiosity, palaver, empty talk

5.) The defense attorney used rhetoric to convince the jury his client was innocent.

Syntax

1.) Picture on separate sheet

2.) The study of grammar rules in a language.

3.) Noun

4.) grammar, sentence structure, phrase structure

5.) The syntax rules tell a person how to use verbs in a sentence.

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