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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Associations that an individual/small group may develop through everyday experiences (inside joke)






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






3. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






5. A sentence in context






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






7. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






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






10. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






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






13. A transformation in which you add an auxiliary verb and switching to question format






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






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






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






17. Meaning components






18. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






20. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






22. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






24. A word that has died out






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






26. Meaning components






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






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






29. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






30. The rise and fall of sentences






31. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






33. The meaning derived from flouting






34. Affix before the root






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






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






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






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






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






40. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






42. A word that has died out






43. Actually saying a word - what you can do






44. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






47. The meaning of a sign






48. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






49. A new word






50. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)