Lesson 1
Terms
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- cognate
- Related by being derived, descended, or borrowed from the same word or root.
- philology
- THe chronological study of language development.
- phonology
- The science of speech sounds in a language.
- inflection
- The change in the form of words that indicates a grammatical distinction.
- rhetoric
- The art of using language effectively.
- diminutive
- A word formed by shortening or by adding certain suffixes.
- orthography
- The art or study of correct spelling.
- derivative
- A word formed from another word or root.
- paradigm
- A list of all the inflectional forms of a particular word.
- syntax
- The way in which words are arranged or combined to form phrases, clauses, and sentences.