Linguistics

1. in the word refundable re- is the _________
3. ______ morphemes are grammatical markers that are not independent, such as “-est”, “un-“, or “-s”.
4. The study of the structure and construction of words. It is the aspect of language that deals with the rules that change word meaning, such as roots, prefixes, and affixes.
5. ____ language is critical for semantic skills.
11. The study of how we understand and use the social aspects of language.
12. _________ appear before nouns
14. a rule-governed behavior. It is defined as the comprehension and/or use of a spoken (i.e., listening and speaking), written (i.e., reading and writing), and/or other communication symbol system (e.g., American Sign Language).
16. _____ morphemes are independent, such as “sing.”
18. Spoken and written language are composed of ________ components(i.e., listening and reading).
20. A ________ is the smallest unit of meaning.

1. The study of phonemes in a language and the rules for their combination.
2. in the word refundable fund is the _________ word.
4. ______ pairs are two words that differ only by one phoneme and whole meaning is unrelated.
6. __________ modify verbs.
7. The study of how we arrange words and phrases to form sentences. It requires understanding and the use of correct word order and organization.
8. in the word refundable -able is the _________
9. Pragmatics is how we use language, rather than the _____ of language.
10. The English language follows a subject-____-object word order.
13. The study of the rules related to the meaning or content of words.
15. Spoken and written language are composed of ________ components(i.e., speaking and writing) components.
17. the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics.
19. ______ is the smallest unit of sound, such as “p” or “t.”