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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Associations that an individual/small group may develop through everyday experiences (inside joke)






2. A new word






3. The meaning derived from flouting






4. The meaning of a sign






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






6. A sentence in context






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






8. Affix in the middle of a word






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






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






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






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






13. The science that studies language






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






15. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






17. The overall meaning of a text






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






19. Mental representation of a word






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






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






22. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






25. Deals with the sounds of a language






26. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






27. Meaning components






28. Describes how language words today or at any given moment in time - not concerned with origin/history






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






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






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






32. Affix after the root






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






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






35. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






37. The overall meaning of a text






38. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






39. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






41. Affix before the root






42. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






43. Affix before the root






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






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






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






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






48. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






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







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