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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. 1. Airstream 2. Phonation 3. Nasalization 4. Articulation






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






3. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






5. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






6. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






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






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






11. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






12. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






15. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






23. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






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






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






29. Deals with how the sounds are organized






30. Using the initial letters of a set of words (NFL - NASA)






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






32. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






35. Deals with how the sounds are organized






36. The principle of cooperation that states to avoid obscurity and ambiguity - be brief and orderly






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






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






39. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






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






42. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






43. Deals with how sentences are formed






44. Affix before the root






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






46. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






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






50. The word that connects the meaning and the referent