1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
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10. _What is a Sentence?_ An assemblage of words conveying a thought. 11. _What is a Word?_ A sign of an idea. 12. _What is Lexicology?_ That science which treats of the meaning of words. 13. _What is Etymology?_ That science which treats of the origin and derivation of words. 14. _What is Orthogeny?_ That science which treats of the classification of words into parts of speech. 15. _What is Syntax?_ That science which treats of the relation and connection of words in the construction of a sentence. 16. _What is Prosody?_ That science which treats of punctuation and the laws of versification. 17. _Of what is a word composed?_ A syllable or combination of syllables. 18. _What is a Syllable?_ A letter or letters uttered by a single impulse of the voice. |
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