英文,語言學的基本用語(term)
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rqueen/Personal/Linguistic_terms.html
什麼是基本,大家自己比對即可,和某人的硬是不同。
再教英文
Letter: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter
In some languages, for example English, we write a letter for each member
of the alphabet. Letters symbolise different sounds when the language
is spoken.
Alphabet: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet
An alphabet is a writing system, a list of symbols for writing.
The basic symbols in an alphabet are called letters.
Word: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word
A word is something spoken by the mouth, that can be pronounced.
It is also a collection of letters used together to try to
communicate a meaning, and these can also usually be pronounced.
A logogram is also a word.
Syllable: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllable
A syllable is a unit of pronunciation uttered without interruption,[1]
loosely, a single sound.[2] All words are made from at least one syllable.
Character: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character
Chinese character: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_character
Chinese characters are symbols used to write the Chinese and
Japanese languages.
Logogram: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logogram
A logogram or logograph is a grapheme (or symbol) which
represents a word or morpheme in a language. This is contrasted
with a phonogram, which is a symbol that represents a sound.
從上面的解釋得知:
letter = character。
alphabet 可書寫符號的集合。其中的基礎符號稱為是letter。
word 是一個帶meaning 的 letter 集合。
Syllable 一個不間斷地發音的發音單元。
logogram = word 在某些語言中,如中文。
Character 除了是letter 外,中文字(中文的alphabet) 也是character。
從定義開始:
英文的linguistics 中不使用character這字眼,使用letter。
中文只有word,沒有letter。葡萄是由兩個words 組成的新word。
所以,中文只有斷詞,不會有人說斷字的。
Syllable的時候又到了,哪麼照定義來,
水: ㄕㄨㄟˇ 有四個不間斷地發音的發單元。
water: wa ter 有兩個不間斷地發音的發單元。
哪怎麼變成以中文為一字為一Syllable?
因為中英文word 的發音方式不同,故不採取英文的定義,在中文中
改定義(redefine) 為一字為一Syllable。
這就是,找拉丁字語言來救中文有趣的地方了。