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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Putting two old words together to make a new word (railway)






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






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






4. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






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






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






9. A new word






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






11. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






14. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






16. A sentence in context






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






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






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






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






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






22. The overall meaning of a text






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






24. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






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






27. A word that has died out






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






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






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






31. Mental representation of a word






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






33. Meanings of the same word that are unrelated (bank)






34. Mental representation of a word






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






36. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






37. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






40. A word that has died out






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






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






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






44. Meaning components






45. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






46. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






48. Deals with how sentences are formed






49. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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