Basic Language Terms

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Basic Language Terms

Last updated over 3 years ago

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Match each Term to its Definition.

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Match Each Term to Its Definition

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Phoneme		The study of how organisms use various signs and signals to transmit information to one another.
Syntax		The concept that human communication is the only type that is structured and meaningful, with the ability to be individually interpreted.
Biosometics		A complex and structured system that serves as a primary means of communication between humans.
Language Family		The earliest known ancestral language from which a group of other languages are believed to have descended.
Modern Language		A group of languages that are related through a common ‘parent’, or ancestral, language.
Compositionality		A language that is still actively in use around the world, and is a part of the 6 Major Language Families.
Language		Refers to the first language a person is exposed to, usually at birth, and therefore naturally acquires and learns throughout their cognitive development.
Native Language		A feature that occurs systemically between most natural languages.
Linguistic Universal		The smallest unit of a language that can be used to distinguish one word from another.
Morpheme		The most basic lexical unit of a language that can either stand alone, or be used to modify a word or message.
Proto-Language		The branch of linguistics that deals with the arrangement of words and phrases to create recognizable sentences.

Match Each Term to Its Definition

Phoneme

The study of how organisms use various signs and signals to transmit information to one another.

Syntax

The concept that human communication is the only type that is structured and meaningful, with the ability to be individually interpreted.

Biosometics

A complex and structured system that serves as a primary means of communication between humans.

Language Family

The earliest known ancestral language from which a group of other languages are believed to have descended.

Modern Language

A group of languages that are related through a common ‘parent’, or ancestral, language.

Compositionality

A language that is still actively in use around the world, and is a part of the 6 Major Language Families.

Language

Refers to the first language a person is exposed to, usually at birth, and therefore naturally acquires and learns throughout their cognitive development.

Native Language

A feature that occurs systemically between most natural languages.

Linguistic Universal

The smallest unit of a language that can be used to distinguish one word from another.

Morpheme

The most basic lexical unit of a language that can either stand alone, or be used to modify a word or message.

Proto-Language

The branch of linguistics that deals with the arrangement of words and phrases to create recognizable sentences.