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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Adding derivational morphemes to create new words (to fax)






2. Noam Chomsky's idea that the principles that govern grammar are genetically programmed in human beings






3. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Affix after the root






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






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






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






15. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






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






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






19. The meaning of a sign






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






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






22. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






24. Meaning components






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






26. Shortening a longer word (phone - auto) to create new words






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






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






29. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






32. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






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






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






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






38. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






39. Meaning components






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






41. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






43. The meaning derived from flouting






44. Deals with how sentences are formed






45. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






48. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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