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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. The effect an utterance has on its audience (speech act)






2. The science that studies language






3. Deals with the sounds of a language






4. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






6. Affix in the middle of a word






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






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






9. A new word






10. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






12. Affix after the root






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






14. The meaning derived from flouting






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






16. Mental representation of a word






17. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






20. The meaning of a sign






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






22. Meaning components






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






24. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






26. Affix in the middle of a word






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






28. A word that has died out






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






30. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






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






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






34. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






35. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






36. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






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






39. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






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






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






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






45. Deals with how sounds are put together to form words






46. The meaning of a sign






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






48. The science that studies language






49. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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







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