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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






2. A word that has died out






3. Occurs when words have been disambigued and a sentence has a clear meaning






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






5. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






6. One who knows many languages






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






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






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






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






11. Mental representation of a word






12. Core meaning - corresponds to a sign's sense or intension - the literal meaning of a word






13. Core meaning - corresponds to a sign's sense or intension - the literal meaning of a word






14. Historical - shows how language has changed through time - traces the etymology of words






15. Multiword units - the meaning of which is not the sum of its parts






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






17. The principle of cooperation that requires you be as informative as required but not more than that






18. Adding derivational morphemes to create new words (to fax)






19. Words that depend on the context of a sentence for meaning (I - here - now)






20. A new word






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






22. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






23. Associations that an individual/small group may develop through everyday experiences (inside joke)






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






25. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






28. Adding derivational morphemes to create new words (to fax)






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






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






31. The principle of cooperation that states to avoid obscurity and ambiguity - be brief and orderly






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






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






34. 1. Vowels (no obstruction) 2. Stops (complete obstruction) 3. Fricatives (Partial occlusion)






35. Moving parts of a sentence into different positions for emphatic purposes






36. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






37. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






38. The Principle of cooperation that states that one does not say what is false or what you lack evidence for






39. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






40. The rise and fall of sentences






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






42. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






43. Deals with how sentences are formed






44. Used by linguists to represent sounds in the languages of the world






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






46. Affix in the middle of a word






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






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






49. 1. Airstream 2. Phonation 3. Nasalization 4. Articulation






50. 1. Representations 2. Directives 3. Expressives 4. Commissives 5. Declaratives