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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Adding derivational morphemes to create new words (to fax)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Deals with the sounds of a language






14. The object which you can see - touch - hear - or smell






15. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






17. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






18. Purposefully violating one of the principles/maxims of cooperation






19. One who knows many languages






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






21. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






22. Mental representation of a word






23. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






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






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






28. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






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






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






32. The science that studies language






33. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






36. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






37. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






40. The science that studies language






41. A sentence in context






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






43. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






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






46. Deals with how the sounds are organized






47. Meaning components






48. Affix before the root






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






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







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