Language, communications

Pronunciation:

laughter -'laftər
tongue - tʌŋ
syllable - ˈsɪləbl
stressed - strest
palatalize - ˈpælətəlaɪz
intonation - ˌɪntəˈneɪʃn
pictogram - pɪ̱ktəgræm
morphology - mɔːˈfɒlədʒi
syntax - ˈsɪntæks
determiner - dɪˈtɜːmɪnə(r)

New words:

glottal stop - a consonant formed by the audible release of the airstream after complete closure of the glottis. It is widespread in some nonstandard English accents, and in some other languages, such as Arabic, it is a standard consonant

state schools - a school that is funded and controlled by the government and for which no fees are charged

attainment targets - success in achieving sth (= for example in education)

special education - the education of children who have physical or learning problems

lingua franca - (pl. lingua francas) a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different

phonology - fəˈnɒlədʒi - the speech sounds of a particular language; the study of these sounds

conjunction - kənˈdʒʌŋkʃn - a word that joins words, phrases or sentences, for example 'and', 'but', 'or'

pronoun - ˈprəʊnaʊn - a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase, for example he, it, hers, me, them, etc..

interjection - ˌɪntəˈdʒekʃn - a short sound, word or phrase spoken suddenly to express an emotion. Oh!, Look out! and Ow! are interjections.

determiner - dɪˈtɜːmɪnə(r) - (abbreviation det. in this dictionary) a word such as the, some, my, etc. that comes before a noun to show how the noun is being used

inflection - ɪnˈflekʃn - a change in the form of a word, especially the ending, according to its grammatical function in a sentence