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Linguistics Basics

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






2. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. What we say in a literal sense (speech act)






11. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






13. The ability to produce language - what you know






14. A new word






15. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






16. Deals with how sentences are formed






17. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






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






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






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






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






23. A new word






24. The meaning of a sign






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






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






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






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






29. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






40. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






42. When a public body decides which language will be taught in schools - what languages public employees must know - etc






43. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






44. The property of the surface structure of the text to 'hold together'






45. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






46. Affix after the root






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






48. The property of the surface structure of the text to 'hold together'






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






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







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