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