Test your basic knowledge |

Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Putting two old words together to make a new word (railway)






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






3. The meaning derived from flouting






4. One who knows many languages






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






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






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






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






9. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






10. The meaning of a sign






11. Affix after the root






12. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






14. Mental representation of a word






15. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






17. What can be deduced from the sentence's literal meaning






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Affix in the middle of a word






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






34. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






35. Meaning components






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






37. Deals with how sentences are formed






38. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






39. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






42. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






43. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






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






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






48. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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