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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






2. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






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






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






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






8. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






11. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






12. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






13. The science that studies language






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






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






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






17. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






20. Deals with the sounds of a language






21. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






23. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






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






26. One who knows many languages






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Affix after the root






34. Meaning components






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






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






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






38. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






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






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






43. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






45. The meaning of a sign






46. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






47. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






48. Affix before the root






49. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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