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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






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






5. One who knows many languages






6. Purposefully violating one of the principles/maxims of cooperation






7. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






8. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






10. A word that has died out






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






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






13. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






14. Purposefully violating one of the principles/maxims of cooperation






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






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






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






18. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






28. Meaning components






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






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






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






32. The overall meaning of a text






33. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






35. The ability to produce language - what you know






36. One who knows many languages






37. A sentence in context






38. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






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






43. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






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






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






48. The overall meaning of a text






49. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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