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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. How sentences and texts are used in the world(context)






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






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






4. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






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






8. A transformation in which you divide the phrasal verb (Mary stood up John --> Mary stoop John up)






9. Affix after the root






10. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






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






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






15. A sentence in context






16. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






17. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






20. Affix in the middle of a word






21. The science that studies language






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






23. One who knows many languages






24. Moving parts of a sentence into different positions for emphatic purposes






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






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






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






28. Historical - shows how language has changed through time - traces the etymology of words






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






30. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






31. A word that has died out






32. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






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






36. A new word






37. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






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






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






41. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






44. Aspects of meaning having to do with different levels of formality






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






46. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






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






49. Deals with the sounds of a language






50. The vocabulary of a speaker/language