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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. A sentence in context






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






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






4. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






5. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






7. Affix before the root






8. A new word






9. The overall meaning of a text






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






11. A new word






12. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






14. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






15. The meaning derived from flouting






16. Shift in meaning (drink a glass of water)






17. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






18. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






20. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






21. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Deals with how the sounds are organized






29. The meaning of a sign






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






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






32. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






34. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






35. The meaning of a sign






36. A syntactic phenomenon where a given constituent is in a constituent of the same kind






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






44. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






46. An utterance produced by a speaker






47. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






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






50. Affix in the middle of a word







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