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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Meanings of the same word that are unrelated (bank)






2. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






3. The ability to produce language - what you know






4. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






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






7. The overall meaning of a text






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






9. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






11. Meaning components






12. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






14. Affix before the root






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






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






17. The science that studies language






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






19. The meaning of a sign






20. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






21. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






25. Affix after the root






26. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






27. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






29. Aspects of meaning concerning other meanings of an expression that may be activated when irrelevant (cock)






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






31. Moving parts of a sentence into different positions for emphatic purposes






32. A word that has died out






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






34. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






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






37. Aspects of meaning concerning other meanings of an expression that may be activated when irrelevant (cock)






38. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






40. An utterance produced by a speaker






41. 1. Airstream 2. Phonation 3. Nasalization 4. Articulation






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






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






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






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






46. Affix after the root






47. Deals with the sounds of a language






48. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






49. The meaning derived from flouting






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