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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Affix before the root






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






3. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






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






8. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






9. One who knows many languages






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






11. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






12. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






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






15. Affix before the root






16. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






19. The meaning derived from flouting






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






21. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






23. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






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






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






28. The effect an utterance has on its audience (speech act)






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






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






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






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






33. Change the meaning of a word - or part of speech (ex. child -> childhood)






34. The meaning derived from flouting






35. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






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






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






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






40. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






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






44. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






48. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






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







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