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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Core meaning - corresponds to a sign's sense or intension - the literal meaning of a word






2. Actually saying a word - what you can do






3. 1. Vowels (no obstruction) 2. Stops (complete obstruction) 3. Fricatives (Partial occlusion)






4. The ability to produce language - what you know






5. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






6. Meaning components






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






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






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






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






11. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






12. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






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






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






16. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






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






20. One who knows many languages






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






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






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






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






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






26. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






29. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






31. Affix after the root






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






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






34. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






35. One who knows many languages






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






44. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






45. Occurs when words have been disambigued and a sentence has a clear meaning






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






47. The science that studies language






48. Mental representation of a word






49. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






50. Actually saying a word - what you can do