| A | B |
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| Term referring to any rule-based system for expressing ideas | Language |
| The sounds of language that are its basic building blocks | phonemes |
| The study of words and their meanings | semantics |
| The rules used to describe the structure of language | grammar |
| The rules that specify how words are combined in sentences | syntax |
| The study of how people use language to communicate effectively | pragmatics |
| the type of speech when adults speak slowly, and with exaggerated changes in pitch and loudness | infant-directed speech |
| vowel-like sounds produced by young babies | cooing |
| speech-like sounds that have no meaning | babbling |
| a pattern of rising and falling pitch | intonation |
