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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






4. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






6. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






9. A word that has died out






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






11. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






13. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






14. Deals with how sentences are formed






15. Breaking a word down by the way it looks and adding morphemes (workaholic - veggieburger)






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






17. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






18. The rise and fall of sentences






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






20. Meaning components






21. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






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






25. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






27. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






28. A sentence in context






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






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






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






32. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






34. The science that studies language






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






36. The meaning derived from flouting






37. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






38. Affix before the root






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






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






41. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






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






45. Change the meaning of a word - or part of speech (ex. child -> childhood)






46. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






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






49. A black and white - right and wrong approach to language - traditional - seeks to impose outside arbitrary rules






50. Affix after the root







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