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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Words that depend on the context of a sentence for meaning (I - here - now)






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






3. The set of sentences that must be true for the sentence to be true






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






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






6. A new word






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






8. A sentence in context






9. The overall meaning of a text






10. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






12. The overall meaning of a text






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






14. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






15. One who knows many languages






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






17. The meaning of a sign






18. Affix after the root






19. Affix in the middle of a word






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






21. Affix in the middle of a word






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






23. One who knows many languages






24. The meaning of a sign






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






26. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






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






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






31. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






32. The rise and fall of sentences






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






34. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






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






38. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






40. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Words that depend on the context of a sentence for meaning (I - here - now)






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







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