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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Invent new words from scratch (Xerox - Kleenex)






2. Meaning components






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






4. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






5. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






6. A new word






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






8. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






11. The meaning of a sign






12. Affix in the middle of a word






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






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






15. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






17. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






18. Multiword units - the meaning of which is not the sum of its parts






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






20. The meaning derived from flouting






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






22. The overall meaning of a text






23. One who knows many languages






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






31. A sentence in context






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






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






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






35. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






36. The rise and fall of sentences






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






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






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






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






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






42. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






43. Multiword units - the meaning of which is not the sum of its parts






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. A new word