The sound system of English with

approximately 44 sounds

• 1.Phoneme• 2. Grapheme• 3. Phonological

awareness • knowledge about sound

structure

• 4. Phonemic awareness • ability to manipulate

sounds orally

• 5. Phonics - Instruction about phoneme-grapheme correspondences and spelling rules

The structural system of English that governs how words are combined into

sentences

• Syntax– The structure or grammar of

a sentence

• Morpheme– The smallest meaningful

unit of language

• Free morpheme– A morpheme that can stand

alone as a word

• Bound morpheme– A morpheme that must be

attached to a free morpheme; these are typically affixes

They call it a relation “ship” because it so often sinks.

The meaning system of English that focuses on

vocabulary

• Semantics – the study of how

meaning in language is created by the use and interrelationships of words phrases, and sentences

I’m not fat.

I’m just fluffy.

The system of English that varies language according to social and cultural uses

Ebonics:*Befo’ you know it, he had done aced de

tesses

(Before you know it, hewill have already aced

the tests)

1.Function – the purpose for language

2.Standard English3.Nonstandard

English

*from “Ebonics: Study Skill or Slavery Set Backhttp://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1997/jan/01-17-97/news/ff.html

*Redneck Computer TermsBACKUP - What you do when you run

across a skunk in the woodsBAR CODE - Them's the fight'n rules

down at the local tavernBUG - The reason you give for calling in

sickBYTE - What your pit bull dun to cusin

JethroCACHE - Needed when you run out of

food stampsCHIP - Pasture muffins that you try not

to step inCRASH - When you go to Junior's party

uninvitedDIGITAL - The art of counting on your

fingersDISKETTE - Female Disco dancer

FAX - What you lie about to the IRSHACKER - Uncle Leroy after 32 years

of smoking

•HARDCOPY - Picture looked at when selecting tattoos INTERNET - Where cafeteria workers put their hair KEYBOARD - Where you hang the keys to the John Deere

MEGAHERTZ - How your head feels after 17 beers

MODEM - What ya did when the grass and weeds got too tall

MOUSE PAD - Where Mickey and Minnie live

NETWORK - Scoop'n up a big fish before it breaks the line

ONLINE - Where to stay when taking the sobriety test

ROM - Where the pope lives

SCREEN - Helps keep the skeeters off the porch

*from:http://www.ahajokes.com/redneck_jokes.html