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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The principle of cooperation that requires you be as informative as required but not more than that






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






3. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






4. Affix after the root






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






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






7. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






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






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






11. Deals with how sentences are formed






12. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






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






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






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






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






18. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






20. Affix after the root






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






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






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






24. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






27. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






28. A word that has died out






29. A sentence in context






30. Mental representation of a word






31. The meaning of a sign






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






33. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






34. Meaning components






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






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






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






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






39. Affix in the middle of a word






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






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






42. A transformation in which you change the voice of the sentence (Mary stoop up John --> John was stood up by Mary)






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






44. One who knows many languages






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






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






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






48. Actually saying a word - what you can do






49. Deals with the sounds of a language






50. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme