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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Occurs when words have been disambigued and a sentence has a clear meaning






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






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






4. Mental representation of a word






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






6. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






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






10. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






12. Deals with how sentences are formed






13. Affix before the root






14. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






15. The rise and fall of sentences






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






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






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






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






20. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






23. One who knows many languages






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






25. The meaning of a sign






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






27. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






30. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






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






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






34. Affix in the middle of a word






35. A transformation in which you add a negation word to the sentence






36. Affix before the root






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. A sentence in context






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






45. Meaning components






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






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






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






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






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







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