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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Shortening a longer word (phone - auto) to create new words






2. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






4. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






7. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






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






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






12. Affix after the root






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






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






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






16. Affix in the middle of a word






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






18. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






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






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






23. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






25. The meaning of a sign






26. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






28. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






30. Deals with how the sounds are organized






31. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






32. The meaning of a sign






33. A word that has died out






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






35. One who knows many languages






36. Deals with how sentences are formed






37. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






38. Meaning components






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






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






41. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






42. The rise and fall of sentences






43. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






44. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






45. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






46. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






47. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






49. Deals with how sentences are formed






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







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