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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Using a word from another language to create a new word (cafe - deja-vu)






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






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






4. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






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






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






8. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






10. What can be deduced from the sentence's literal meaning






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A sentence in context






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






19. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






21. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






24. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






27. A black and white - right and wrong approach to language - traditional - seeks to impose outside arbitrary rules






28. A sentence in context






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






30. Meaning components






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






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






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






34. Mental representation of a word






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






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






37. Meaning components






38. The rise and fall of sentences






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






40. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






43. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






47. A new word






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






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






50. The vocabulary of a speaker/language







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