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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. A transformation in which you shift the object of a sentence (Mary gave a book to John --> Mary gave John a book)






2. Meanings of the same word that are unrelated (bank)






3. Noam Chomsky's idea that the principles that govern grammar are genetically programmed in human beings






4. Aspects of meaning having to do with the linguistic environment in which the expression occurs (cease and desist)






5. Deals with how the sounds are organized






6. Aspects of meaning having to do with feelings or attitudes of speakers (liberal - terrorist)






7. A word that has died out






8. The meaning derived from flouting






9. Putting two old words together to make a new word (railway)






10. One who knows many languages






11. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






12. Aspects of meaning having to do with different levels of formality






13. All aspects of meaning that go beyond the sense of the word - or the literal meaning






14. The set of sentences that must be true for the sentence to be true






15. A sentence in context






16. When a public body decides which language will be taught in schools - what languages public employees must know - etc






17. A new word






18. Deals with the meaning of words - sentences - and texts






19. Describing the facts - Tries to determine why people use language the way they do - seeks to find the rules that govern spoken language






20. The fact that saying something commits you to it (vow - promise - swearing) (speech act)






21. Meaning components






22. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






23. A transformation in which you change the voice of the sentence (Mary stoop up John --> John was stood up by Mary)






24. The meaning of a sign






25. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






26. The overall meaning of a text






27. Deals with how the sounds are organized






28. A syntactic phenomenon where a given constituent is in a constituent of the same kind






29. A transformation in which you divide the phrasal verb (Mary stood up John --> Mary stoop John up)






30. The science that studies language






31. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






32. Shortening a longer word (phone - auto) to create new words






33. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






34. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






35. 1. Quality or timbre 2. Volume 3. Length 4. Pitch or tone






36. Purposefully violating one of the principles/maxims of cooperation






37. Aspects of meaning concerning other meanings of an expression that may be activated when irrelevant (cock)






38. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






39. Describes how language words today or at any given moment in time - not concerned with origin/history






40. Breaking a word down by the way it looks and adding morphemes (workaholic - veggieburger)






41. Shift in meaning (drink a glass of water)






42. How sentences and texts are used in the world(context)






43. Meaning components






44. Parts of a word are translated from other languages to create a new word (Fernsprecher)






45. A transformation in which you add a negation word to the sentence






46. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






47. What we say in a literal sense (speech act)






48. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






49. Deals with how sounds are put together to form words






50. A transformation in which you add an auxiliary verb and switching to question format







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