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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Aspects of meaning having to do with feelings or attitudes of speakers (liberal - terrorist)






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






3. The meaning derived from flouting






4. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






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






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






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






9. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






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






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






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






14. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






15. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






16. A new word






17. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






18. A transformation in which you add a negation word to the sentence






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






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






21. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






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






25. One who knows many languages






26. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






27. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






41. The science that studies language






42. Meaning components






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






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






45. Affix before the root






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






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






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






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






50. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes