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1.-ALLOMORPH:
Source: http://www.lincoln.edu/english/linguistics/allomorphs.pdf
2.-EUPHONY: /ˈjuːfәnɪ /
Definition: the quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of
words.
Example: When I read the poet’s works, I was moved by the melodious euphony of her words.
Source: https://wordsinasentence.com/euphony-in-a-sentence/
3.-MORPHEME: /ˈmɔː(r)fiːm/
Definition: in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a word
(such as a prefix)
Example: A morpheme that can only occur when bound to a root morpheme, (-ed, -ing, -ly.)
Source: https://es.glosbe.com/en/es/morpheme
4.-NOUN: /naʊn /
Example: The boy and girl were holding hands as they crossed the bridge to on the way to town.
Source: https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/nouns/
5.-VERB: / vɝːb /
Definition: a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the
predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
Example: Mark eats his dinner quickly.
Source: https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/verbs/
SYNTAX
1.- CLAUSE: / klɑːz /
Definition: a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional
grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.
Example: It will remove the clause for all new policies from January.
Source: https://myefe.com/transcription-pronunciation/clause
2.- DEPENDENT: /dɪˈpen.dәnt /
Definition: A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that
functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverbA clause in a complex sentence that
cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or
adjective or adverb.
Source: https://myefe.com/transcription-pronunciation/dependent
Definition: 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.
Source: http://www.manythings.org/sentences/words/grammar/1.html
4.- SENTENCE: /ˈsentәns /
Definition: a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate,
conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and
sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.
Source: http://www.manythings.org/sentences/words/sentence/1.html
Definition: a set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time (and sometimes also the continuance
or completeness) of the action in relation to the time of the utterance.
Source: https://myefe.com/transcription-pronunciation/tense
SEMANTICS
Definition: an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Example: the word “discipline” has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression
Source: https://myefe.com/transcription-pronunciation/connotation
2.-HOMONYM: [ ˈhɑː.mә- ]
Definition: each of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings and origins.
Example: You should be very careful about mixing up a homonym and homophone in your test.
Source: https://sentence.yourdictionary.com/homonym
Definition: a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of
the individual words.
Source: https://myefe.com/transcription-pronunciation/idiom
Source: http://www.manythings.org/sentences/words/speech/1.html
Source: https://myefe.com/transcription-pronunciation/meaning
PRAGMATICS
Definition: a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation
to another word or element in the clause.
Example: “the man on the platform,” “she arrived after dinner,” “what did you do it for?”.
Source: https://myefe.com/transcription-pronunciation/preposition
Source: https://sentence.yourdictionary.com/quantifier
Definition: a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the
same language, for example shut is a synonym of close.
Example: It was common ground that the closest synonym of damage is harm.
Source: https://myefe.com/transcription-pronunciation/synonym
4.-THEME: [ θiːm ]
Definition: the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
Source: https://myefe.com/transcription-pronunciation/utterance