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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What we say in a literal sense (speech act)






2. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






4. A sentence in context






5. The science that studies language






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Deals with how sentences are formed






13. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






22. The meaning of a sign






23. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






24. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






25. A new word






26. The meaning of a sign






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






28. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






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






31. Meaning components






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






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






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






35. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






36. Used by linguists to represent sounds in the languages of the world






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






38. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






40. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






41. Affix in the middle of a word






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






43. One who knows many languages






44. The overall meaning of a text






45. The ability to produce language - what you know






46. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






47. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






49. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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