Kenneth Spalter, 72, of Pound Ridge, New York, was visiting St. Louis to meet his infant grandchild. But a confrontation on a quiet block of Tower Grove South turned deadly when sixteen-year-old carjacker Richard Donaldson opened fire, killing Spalter. Donaldson has been charged as an adult in the slaying. 10.
1 Phonology is the study of the sound system of a language or languages. 2  Morphology is a branch of biology which concerns the form and structure or organisms; this definition includes the form and structure of words within a language, and their modification. Syntax is the branch of linguistics that covers the grammatical arrangements of words within sentences, and how we use speech in communication. 2  Semantics deals with the study of meaning; how we combine words to create meaningful discourse. 3  It studies the relationship between signs and symbols and what they represent.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Communication accommodation theory (CAT) is a theory of communication developed by Howard Giles. It argues that, When people interact they adjust their speech, their vocal patterns and their gestures, to accommodate to others..