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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Aspects of meaning concerning other meanings of an expression that may be activated when irrelevant (cock)






2. Deals with the sounds of a language






3. Affix in the middle of a word






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






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






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






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






8. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






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






11. A new word






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






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






14. A word that has died out






15. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






16. The meaning of a sign






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






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






30. Shortening a longer word (phone - auto) to create new words






31. A sentence in context






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






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






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






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






36. The overall meaning of a text






37. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






38. The science that studies language






39. The ability to produce language - what you know






40. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






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






43. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






45. Affix after the root






46. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






48. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






49. A word that has died out






50. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied