Grammar 4 - Review Morphology

What is morphology?

• The study of a language's words and how the words interact

• The study of metamorphosis

• The study of the meaning of the words

• The study of specific words

The smallest meaningful unit in a language are called ______

Can a word have similar phonemes and different sememes? Give an example

Answer explanation

Yes, a word can have silimar phonemes and different sememes, for example:

•Fine /faɪn/ vs Vine /vaɪn/:

•Similar phonemes, different morphemes, diffenrent sememes (meaning)

The word as a linguistic sign is composed by

• concept and form

• concept and reference

• reference and form

• sounds and meaning

The two types of linguistics signs are

• word and reference

• icons and concepts

• indexes and reference

• icons and indexes

What is empirical analysis?

• Empirical analysis is an evidence-based approach to the study and interpretation of information (it uses the 5 senses). It answers the questions "What happened?"

• Empirical analysis is the use of advanced processes and tools to analyze data and content to recommend the optimal course of action or strategy moving forward. Simply put, it seeks to answer the question, “What should we do?”

• Empirical analysis is a form of advanced analytics that examines data or content to answer the question, “Why did it happen?”

What are the 5 steps of an Empirical Analysis?

Answer explanation

1. Observation

2. Induction

3. Deduction

4. Testing

5. Evaluation

Choose the descriptive statement.

• •Spending too much time texting destroys your writing skills.

• •The English speech sound made with the tongue between the teeth, usually spelled 'th', is quite rare across the world's languages. 

Create a tree diagram for the sentence "The dog ate the bone."

Answer explanation

What is sentence transformation?

• Transformation of sentences is the process by which a sentence in a particular form is transferred to another altering the meaning into a completely different one.

• Transformation of sentences is the process by which a sentence in a particular form is transferred to another without altering its meaning.