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Linguistics Basics

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






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






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






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






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






6. Deals with the sounds of a language






7. Affix before the root






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






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






10. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






12. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






13. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






14. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






15. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






17. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






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






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






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






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






23. Actually saying a word - what you can do






24. Affix in the middle of a word






25. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






29. The meaning of a sign






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






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






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






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






34. Affix after the root






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






36. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






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






40. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






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






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






45. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






47. A sentence in context






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






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






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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