Thursday, September 20, 2007

Vocab

6. paradigm-
a model in order to give an example.
Noun. (s)Ideal, (s)Exemplar,(s) Sample
I created a paradigm in order to show her how to play the game.






7. philology-

investigating the history of text and literature.
Noun.
Roots:The Study of: (r) Biology, (r) ecology, (r) Chronology
My father went to college for Philology.










8. phonology-
Determining the science in the sounds of speech and pronounciation.
Noun.
Related Words(root): phonetic, phonemics,phonemes
The speech teacher at school is related to a phonology because they both determine the sounds and pronounciation in words.



9. rhetoric-
realistic in writing or conversation.
Noun.
(s) Bombast, (s) Address, (s) Elocution
Alex asked me a rhetorical question.










10. syntax-

relationships between words in sentences.
Noun.
Synonyms: Linguistics, Morphology, principles
The syntax between a subject and a verb shows that the verb comes after the subject in a sentence.












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