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






3. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






4. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






6. Invent new words from scratch (Xerox - Kleenex)






7. An utterance produced by a speaker






8. Deals with how the sounds are organized






9. Affix in the middle of a word






10. One who knows many languages






11. The meaning of a sign






12. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






14. One who knows many languages






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






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






17. Mental representation of a word






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






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






20. Meaning components






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






22. Deals with how sentences are formed






23. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






26. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






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






31. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






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






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






36. The meaning derived from flouting






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






38. The science that studies language






39. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






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






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






43. The science that studies language






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






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






46. Actually saying a word - what you can do






47. The overall meaning of a text






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






49. Aspects of meaning having to do with different levels of formality






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






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