SCOM 123 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Bound And Unbound Morphemes, Linguistic Determinism, Morpheme
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Language: a structural system of symbols for communication meaning. combined. Grammar : the set of rules that specify how the units of language can be meaningfully. Phonemes : individual units of sound that compose a specific spoken language. Phonology: a part of grammar that describes the patterns of sound in a language. Morpheme: the smallest unit of meaning in language. Syntax: rules that govern combining words into phrases and phrases into. Semantics: the set of rules that governs the meaning of words and sentences. sentences. relationships. Symbols: arbitrary representations of objects, events, ideas, or. Referents: are the objects, events, or ideas referred to by words. Productivity: the capacity of language to transform a small number of phonemes into whatever words, phrases, and sentences that you require to communicate your thoughts and feelings. Displacement: the ability to use language to talk about objects, ideas, events, and relations that don"t just exist in the physical here and now (fairies, unicorns).
