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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






2. A sentence in context






3. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






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






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






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






9. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






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






12. Mental representation of a word






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






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






15. 1. Quality or timbre 2. Volume 3. Length 4. Pitch or tone






16. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






18. Meaning components






19. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






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






22. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Affix in the middle of a word






30. The meaning derived from flouting






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






32. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






34. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






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






38. The rise and fall of sentences






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






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






41. The meaning of a sign






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






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






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






45. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






46. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






49. Affix after the root






50. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme