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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Core meaning - corresponds to a sign's sense or intension - the literal meaning of a word






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






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






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






5. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






7. Meaning components






8. Mental representation of a word






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






10. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






12. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






14. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






17. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






19. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






21. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






23. A syntactic phenomenon where a given constituent is in a constituent of the same kind






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






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






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






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






28. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






31. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






33. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






35. Affix after the root






36. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






39. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Affix after the root






50. The overall meaning of a text







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