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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






2. Affix before the root






3. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






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






7. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






9. The effect an utterance has on its audience (speech act)






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






11. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






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






14. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






17. A word that has died out






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






19. A sentence in context






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






21. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






22. Meaning components






23. One who knows many languages






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






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






26. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






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






30. A word that has died out






31. A sentence in context






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






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






34. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






36. The meaning derived from flouting






37. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






39. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






41. Deals with how sentences are formed






42. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






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






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






46. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






47. The effect an utterance has on its audience (speech act)






48. A new word






49. Mental representation of a word






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