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Linguistics Basics

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. A word that has died out






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






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






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






11. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






12. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






24. Meaning components






25. The meaning derived from flouting






26. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






27. Actually saying a word - what you can do






28. Affix before the root






29. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






31. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






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






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






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






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






37. A new word






38. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






40. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






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






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






44. Meaning components






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






46. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






49. An utterance produced by a speaker






50. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong