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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. 1. Airstream 2. Phonation 3. Nasalization 4. Articulation






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






9. A sentence in context






10. Actually saying a word - what you can do






11. Affix before the root






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






13. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






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






16. A new word






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






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






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






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






21. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






23. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






26. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






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






30. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






31. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






35. A single sound. K - d - t - e






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






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






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






39. The rise and fall of sentences






40. Affix after the root






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






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






43. Deals with how the sounds are organized






44. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






47. Deals with the sounds of a language






48. Affix in the middle of a word






49. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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







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