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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. 1. Representations 2. Directives 3. Expressives 4. Commissives 5. Declaratives






2. A new word






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






4. A transformation in which you change the voice of the sentence (Mary stoop up John --> John was stood up by Mary)






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






6. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






7. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






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






11. Required by syntax - mark grammatical categories (plurality - tense - comparative - etc) suffixes only






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






13. Affix before the root






14. Mental representation of a word






15. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Meaning components






28. The meaning of a sign






29. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






31. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






33. An utterance produced by a speaker






34. One who knows many languages






35. A word that has died out






36. The meaning of a sign






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






38. The overall meaning of a text






39. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






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






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






44. Shift in meaning (drink a glass of water)






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






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






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






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






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






50. The situation in which a sentence is uttered







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