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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Aspects of meaning concerning other meanings of an expression that may be activated when irrelevant (cock)






2. Deals with how the sounds are organized






3. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The science that studies language






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Describes how language words today or at any given moment in time - not concerned with origin/history






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






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






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






22. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






24. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






25. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






27. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






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






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






40. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






42. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






44. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






47. The meaning of a sign






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






49. A word that has died out






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