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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. Deals with how sounds are put together to form words






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






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






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






6. The science that studies language






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






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






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






10. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






11. The meaning derived from flouting






12. The rise and fall of sentences






13. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






15. A sentence in context






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






17. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






19. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






22. Affix in the middle of a word






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






24. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






25. Affix before the root






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






27. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






28. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






30. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






32. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






34. The set of sentences that must be true for the sentence to be true






35. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






36. A new word






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






38. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






40. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






41. Meaning components






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






43. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






46. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






48. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






49. The ability to produce language - what you know






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