lesson 1
Terms
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- derivative
- a word formed from another word or root, such as by adding a prefix or a suffix.
- phonology
- the science of speech sounds in a language.
- rhetoric
- the art of using language effectively
- cognate
- related by being derived, descended or borrowed from the same word or root.
- paradigm
- a list of all the inflectional forms of a particular word.
- orthography
- the art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
- diminutive
- a word formed by shortening or by adding certain suffixes indicationg
- syntax
- the way in which words are arranged or combined to form phases, clauses, and sentences.
- philology
- the chronological study of language development.
- inflection
- the change in the form of words that indicates a grammatical distinction, such as number, gender, case, person, tense, mood or voice.