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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Multiword units - the meaning of which is not the sum of its parts






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






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






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






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






6. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






8. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






9. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






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






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






15. Affix in the middle of a word






16. The meaning of a sign






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






18. Affix in the middle of a word






19. A new word






20. The ability to produce language - what you know






21. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






23. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






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






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






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






29. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






31. Deals with how sentences are formed






32. Mental representation of a word






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






34. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






36. The overall meaning of a text






37. What we say in a literal sense (speech act)






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






39. Affix before the root






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






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






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






43. What we say in a literal sense (speech act)






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Deals with how the sounds are organized







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