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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A transformation in which you add a negation word to the sentence






2. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






4. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






7. The Principle of cooperation that states that one does not say what is false or what you lack evidence for






8. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






10. Words that depend on the context of a sentence for meaning (I - here - now)






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






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






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






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






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






16. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






19. Meaning components






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






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






22. Deals with the sounds of a language






23. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






25. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






26. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






30. A word that has died out






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






32. What we say in a literal sense (speech act)






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






34. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






36. A sentence in context






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






38. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






39. What we say in a literal sense (speech act)






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






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






42. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






43. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






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






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






47. The ability to produce language - what you know






48. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






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