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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






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






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






6. A word that has died out






7. Used by linguists to represent sounds in the languages of the world






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






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






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






11. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






13. Affix after the root






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






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






16. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






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






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






21. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






24. Affix before the root






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






26. Deals with how the sounds are organized






27. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






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






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






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






32. Affix after the root






33. Actually saying a word - what you can do






34. Used by linguists to represent sounds in the languages of the world






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






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






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






38. An utterance produced by a speaker






39. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






42. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






45. One who knows many languages






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






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






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






49. The rise and fall of sentences






50. The situation in which a sentence is uttered







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