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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Aspects of meaning concerning other meanings of an expression that may be activated when irrelevant (cock)






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






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






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






5. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






6. One who knows many languages






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






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






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






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






11. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






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






14. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






17. A new word






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






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






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






21. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






23. Affix after the root






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






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






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






27. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






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






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






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






33. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






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






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






38. Deals with the sounds of a language






39. Affix in the middle of a word






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






41. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






43. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






44. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






45. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






48. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






49. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






50. Putting two old words together to make a new word (railway)







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