20 art, letter and communication in language terms
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my name is Alexandre Deraiche I am 19 years old and I'm studying in the program art, letter and communication for a half year. In this glossary there will be 20 terms about linguistics and the glossary is for everyone. These terms will explain mostly what I am learning now and will probably expend your vocabulary. To find 20 terms I used my notes and Wikipedia.
Allophone
Noun and adjective
Allophones are the linguistically non-significant variants of each phoneme. In other words a phoneme may be realised by more than one speech sound and the selection of each variant is usually conditioned by the phonetic environment of the phoneme. ... Allophones are sounds, whilst a phoneme is a set of such sounds.
Example: Technical Difficulties When stringed each ALLOPHONE together we had to test it to see if it.
en: Allophone
Analysis
Noun
detailed examination of the elements or structure of something, typically as a basis for discussion or interpretation.
Example: you have to analysis the text to respond the questions
en: Analyse
Assimilation
Noun
The process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas and the absorption and integration of people, ideas, or culture into a wider society or culture.
en: Assimilation
Body Language
Noun
The process of communicating nonverbally through conscious or unconscious gestures and movements.
Example: Body language is a way for mute or deaf person to communicate.
en: language des signes
Culture
Noun
The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
Example: Ween genetic and cultural evolution to claim that culture.
en: Culture
grammar
Noun
The whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics.
Example: If someone say there dog is cute( the there will change to their ) their dog is cute.
en: Grammaire
Language
Noun
The principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture.
Example: BookSurges's mission is "to print any book in any language.
en: langue
linguistics
noun
The scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics. Specific branches of linguistics include sociolinguistics, dialectology, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, historical-comparative linguistics, and applied linguistics.
Example: With linguistics, we can study every language.
en: linguistique
Morphology
Noun
The study of the forms of words.
Example: significant role in the development of syntax and MORPHOLOGY
en: Morphologie
Oral
Adjective
By word of mouth; spoken rather than written.
Example: During the week 4 we have an oral to do
en: Orale
Phoneme
Noun
Any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another, for example p, b, d, and t in the English words pad, pat, bad, and bat. Compare with allophone.
Example: The identification of grapheme-PHONEME relations seems to be the main strategy as linguistics.
en: phonème
Phonology
Noun
The branch of linguistics that deals with systems of sounds (including or excluding phonetics), especially in a particular language.
Example: phonological processes in his theory of Natural PHONOLOGY A phonological process is a mental oper [linguistics]
en: phonologie
Pragmatics
Noun
The branch of linguistics dealing with language in use and the contexts in which it is used, including such matters as deixis, the taking of turns in conversation, text organization, presupposition, and implicature.
en: pragmatique
Semantics
Noun
The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning. There are a number of branches and subbranches of semantics, including formal semantics, which studies the logical aspects of meaning, such as sense, reference, implication, and logical form, lexical semantics, which studies word meanings and word relations, and conceptual semantics, which studies the cognitive structure of meaning.
en: sémantique
Semiotics
Noun
The study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation.
en: sémiotique
Syntax
Noun
the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Example: A phrase content a Subject + verb + object as the sky is blue.
en: Syntaxe
text
Noun
A written work chosen or assigned as a subject of study.
Example: During the exam I had to correct my text to have a good grade.
en: Texte
translate
Verb
Express the sense of (words or text) in another language.
Example: can you translate the video so I can understand?
en: traduire
Translation
Noun
The process of translating words or text from one language into another.
Example: you can do translation in many languages by google.
en: traduction
Writting
Verb
the activity or skill of marking coherent words on paper and composing text.
Example: Stephen king had a good writing In the book It.
