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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A single sound. K - d - t - e






2. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






10. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






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






14. Meaning components






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The fact that saying something commits you to it (vow - promise - swearing) (speech act)






23. Affix before the root






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






25. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






27. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






30. The science that studies language






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






32. Actually saying a word - what you can do






33. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






35. A new word






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






37. The science that studies language






38. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






39. The ability to produce language - what you know






40. Affix after the root






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






42. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






44. The meaning derived from flouting






45. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






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






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






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