English Langauge 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageInvestigating languageA2/A-levelAQA Created by: charlotte_young_Created on: 30-11-16 10:51 What is Lexis? Word choice. 1 of 14 What is Syntax? Structure. 2 of 14 What is Phonology? Is the study of sound in language. 3 of 14 What is Semantics? Focuses on meanings. 4 of 14 What is Pragmatics? Language in action. 5 of 14 What is a Phoneme? A unit of sound. 6 of 14 What is Phonetics? Language as a series of sounds. 7 of 14 What does IPA stand for? International Phonetic Alphabet. 8 of 14 What are Dipthongs? Are extended vowels (long vowels) where the tongue moves from one place to another during the process of articulation. 9 of 14 What are Plosives? A small explosion in the mouth, uses the lips and cannot be extended. Examples include bat, goat and dog. 10 of 14 What are Fricatives? Are sounds that are created by the slow and controlled release of air through the mouth, creating friction. Examples include thick, dizzy and buzz. 11 of 14 Why can humans speak and not animals? Humans and animals both have the gene FoxP2 but humans have the mutated gene that allows us to form language. 12 of 14 What is Phonemic Expansion? Early development which allows the child to increase the variety of sounds. 13 of 14 What is Phonemic Contraction? They then reduce the sounds to those they need for their own language. 14 of 14
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