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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Moving parts of a sentence into different positions for emphatic purposes






2. Figurative use of meaning (Bob is a pig)






3. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






5. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






8. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






9. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






10. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






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






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






14. The meaning derived from flouting






15. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






17. Combined phonemes - the smallest unit of language with a distinct meaning






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






19. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






20. One who knows many languages






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






22. An utterance produced by a speaker






23. Using the initial letters of a set of words (NFL - NASA)






24. The meaning of a sign






25. The property of the surface structure of the text to 'hold together'






26. Required by syntax - mark grammatical categories (plurality - tense - comparative - etc) suffixes only






27. The meaning derived from flouting






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






29. A word that has died out






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






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






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






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






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






35. The object which you can see - touch - hear - or smell






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






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






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






39. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






40. Figurative use of meaning (Bob is a pig)






41. The object which you can see - touch - hear - or smell






42. Two words of different meanings that differ in only one phoneme (bit and pit - dog and dock)






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






44. Two linked turns by different speakers which make sense only taken together (How are you? Fine. How about you?)






45. The property of the surface structure of the text to 'hold together'






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






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






48. Using a word from another language to create a new word (cafe - deja-vu)






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






50. The sequence of sounds that make up a word