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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Parts of a word are translated from other languages to create a new word (Fernsprecher)






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






3. Deals with how the sounds are organized






4. Affix in the middle of a word






5. Affix after the root






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






7. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






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






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






11. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






12. The meaning of a sign






13. Affix before the root






14. Meaning components






15. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






24. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






26. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






27. Figurative use of meaning (Bob is a pig)






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






29. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






31. The meaning derived from flouting






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






33. A syntactic phenomenon where a given constituent is in a constituent of the same kind






34. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






37. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






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






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






41. A sentence in context






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






43. The meaning of a sign






44. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






46. Affix in the middle of a word






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






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






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






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






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