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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






4. The rise and fall of sentences






5. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






7. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






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






10. Meaning components






11. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






12. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






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






15. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






16. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






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






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






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






22. The effect an utterance has on its audience (speech act)






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






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






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






26. Mental representation of a word






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






28. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






29. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






31. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






32. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






34. A new word






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






36. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






39. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. The rise and fall of sentences






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






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






50. One who knows many languages







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