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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. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






3. Mental representation of a word






4. Affix in the middle of a word






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






6. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






7. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






9. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






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






13. Affix before the root






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






15. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






17. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






19. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






22. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






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






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






26. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






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






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






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






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






32. A black and white - right and wrong approach to language - traditional - seeks to impose outside arbitrary rules






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






34. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






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






38. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






40. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






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






43. The science that studies language






44. Deals with the sounds of a language






45. Affix before the root






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






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






48. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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







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