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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. The set of sentences that must be true for the sentence to be true






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






3. The rise and fall of sentences






4. The overall meaning of a text






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






6. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






7. A new word






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






9. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






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






13. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






16. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






17. Meaning components






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






19. Affix before the root






20. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






21. The meaning of a sign






22. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






25. Two linked turns by different speakers which make sense only taken together (How are you? Fine. How about you?)






26. Parts of a word are translated from other languages to create a new word (Fernsprecher)






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






35. A transformation in which you divide the phrasal verb (Mary stood up John --> Mary stoop John up)






36. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






38. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






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






41. 1. Representations 2. Directives 3. Expressives 4. Commissives 5. Declaratives






42. Affix in the middle of a word






43. The principle of cooperation that requires you be as informative as required but not more than that






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






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






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






47. Mental representation of a word






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






49. The science that studies language






50. 1. Representations 2. Directives 3. Expressives 4. Commissives 5. Declaratives