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Linguistics Basics

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






2. The rise and fall of sentences






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






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






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






6. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






8. Mental representation of a word






9. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






11. The meaning of a sign






12. The science that studies language






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






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






15. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






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






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






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






21. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






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






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






26. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






27. Shift in meaning (drink a glass of water)






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






29. The science that studies language






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






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






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






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






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






35. One who knows many languages






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






37. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






38. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






39. Affix before the root






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






41. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






44. What can be deduced from the sentence's literal meaning






45. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






46. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






48. Actually saying a word - what you can do






49. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






50. Deals with the sounds of a language







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