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Linguistics, Syntax, Language Acquisition, Participle, Phonemic…
Linguistics
Examples
: the study of English, the study of Spanish, the study of German, etc.
What is it?
The scientific study of language.
What is it like?
-Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics
-When teachers understand basic linguistic concepts, they can make informed decisions about how to teach language to their students. (Freeman and Freeman p. 17)
Nonexamples
: Biology, Geology, Astronomy
Syntax
What is it?
The ability to combine symbols to create new symbolic meanings.
What is it like?
-The study of sentence patterns of language.
-The order is important.
-Grammar.
Suess Syntax!
Nonexample:
Example:
In the english language, the syntax of a sentence is
subject, verb, object.
Jamie kicked the ball.
Language Acquisition
What is it?
The process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language.
Examples:
-A student is able to read written text and comprehend what it means.
-A student is able to listen to oral language and comprehend what it means.
What is it like?
-comprehension
-communication
Nonexamples:
A kid playing sports.
Participle
Examples:
Examples of Participles
What is it like?
-adjective + verb
-Part of Speech
Nonexamples:
What is it?
A word that is used to form a two- or three-word verb.
Phonemic Transcription
What is it like?
-decoding a word to determine the sounds
-symbol = phoneme
What is it?
Use of unfamiliar symbols to represent sounds.
Nonexamples:
-drawing a picture
-diagraming the sentence
Examples:
