Grammar intro terms
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- Q1
The rules/regularities of a language which make it understandable to its speakers
Descriptive grammar
30s - Q2Rules taught in school for a specific, 'standard' use of the languagePrescriptive grammar30s
- Q3An idealized capacity; a psychological/ mental property in the mind of the language userLanguage Competence30s
- Q4The production of language in speaking/writing by a language userLanguage Performance30s
- Q5A system of rules which generates all and only legitimate sentences in English.Generative grammar30s
- Q6The study of phonesPhonetics30s
- Q7The study of language specific sounds (phonemes)Phonology30s
- Q8The study of the smallest units in language bearing meaning (morphemes)Morphology30s
- Q9A mental dictionary (Lexeme)Lexicon30s
- Q10The relation of words to each other, making phrases and sentencesSyntax30s
- Q11The relation between words and what they represent in the world (meaning)Semantics30s
- Q12The relation of language to social settingsPragmatics30s
- Q13An accident. You know it's wrong, but the wrong word slips out.Mistake30s
- Q14Something you don't know. A chance to learn something new.Error30s