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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. The overall meaning of a text






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






3. Affix after the root






4. The rise and fall of sentences






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






6. Affix in the middle of a word






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






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






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






10. Mental representation of a word






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






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






13. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Affix before the root






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






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






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






25. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






26. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






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






29. A sentence in context






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






31. Deals with the sounds of a language






32. Meaning components






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






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






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






36. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






37. One who knows many languages






38. Meaning components






39. The rise and fall of sentences






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






41. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






42. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






43. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The sequence of sounds that make up a word







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