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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. A transformation in which you divide the phrasal verb (Mary stood up John --> Mary stoop John up)






2. The overall meaning of a text






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






4. Affix after the root






5. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






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






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






9. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






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






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






13. Affix before the root






14. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






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






18. Deals with the sounds of a language






19. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






21. A sentence in context






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






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






24. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






26. The science that studies language






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






28. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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. Noam Chomsky's idea that the principles that govern grammar are genetically programmed in human beings






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






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






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






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






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






36. Affix after the root






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






38. An utterance produced by a speaker






39. Meaning components






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






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






42. A new word






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






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






45. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






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






49. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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