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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






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






4. Actually saying a word - what you can do






5. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






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






8. Deals with how sentences are formed






9. A sentence in context






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






11. Deals with how the sounds are organized






12. A new word






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






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






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






16. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Affix in the middle of a word






26. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






29. Affix before the root






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






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






32. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






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






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






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






37. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






38. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






39. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






41. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






44. An utterance produced by a speaker






45. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






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






49. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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