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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Words that depend on the context of a sentence for meaning (I - here - now)






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






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






4. Affix in the middle of a word






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






6. The rise and fall of sentences






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Actually saying a word - what you can do






14. Mental representation of a word






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






16. A word that has died out






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






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






19. The meaning derived from flouting






20. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






22. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






23. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






25. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






28. A single sound. K - d - t - e






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






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






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






32. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






35. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






36. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






37. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






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






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






42. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






45. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






47. The science that studies language






48. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






50. An utterance produced by a speaker