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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. 1. Representations 2. Directives 3. Expressives 4. Commissives 5. Declaratives






2. Deals with how the sounds are organized






3. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






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






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






7. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






8. The principle of cooperation that states to avoid obscurity and ambiguity - be brief and orderly






9. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






12. The principle of cooperation that states to avoid obscurity and ambiguity - be brief and orderly






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






14. Affix after the root






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






16. Adding derivational morphemes to create new words (to fax)






17. A sentence in context






18. Required by syntax - mark grammatical categories (plurality - tense - comparative - etc) suffixes only






19. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






21. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






23. A word that has died out






24. The meaning of a sign






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






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






27. The science that studies language






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






29. Affix before the root






30. One who knows many languages






31. The overall meaning of a text






32. One who knows many languages






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






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






35. A transformation in which you shift the object of a sentence (Mary gave a book to John --> Mary gave John a book)






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






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






38. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






41. Required by syntax - mark grammatical categories (plurality - tense - comparative - etc) suffixes only






42. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






44. The meaning of a sign






45. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






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






49. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






50. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)