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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Purposefully violating one of the principles/maxims of cooperation






2. Actually saying a word - what you can do






3. The meaning of a sign






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






5. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The meaning of a sign






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






14. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






15. The overall meaning of a text






16. Affix after the root






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






18. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






21. Invent new words from scratch (Xerox - Kleenex)






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






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






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






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






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






27. One who knows many languages






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






29. Affix after the root






30. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






31. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






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






35. The ability to produce language - what you know






36. Moving parts of a sentence into different positions for emphatic purposes






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






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






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






40. A word that has died out






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






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






43. Moving parts of a sentence into different positions for emphatic purposes






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






45. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






46. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






47. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






49. Affix in the middle of a word






50. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)