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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Deals with the meaning of words - sentences - and texts






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






3. The meaning of a sign






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






5. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






7. Actually saying a word - what you can do






8. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






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






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






12. The rise and fall of sentences






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






14. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






16. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






19. A new word






20. Affix before the root






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






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






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






24. Affix in the middle of a word






25. A sentence in context






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






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






28. One who knows many languages






29. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






30. Using the initial letters of a set of words (NFL - NASA)






31. A word that has died out






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






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






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






35. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






37. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






41. A word that has died out






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






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






44. The meaning derived from flouting






45. 1. Representations 2. Directives 3. Expressives 4. Commissives 5. Declaratives






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






47. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






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






50. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary







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