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Linguistics Basics

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






2. A transformation in which you change the voice of the sentence (Mary stoop up John --> John was stood up by Mary)






3. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






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






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






7. Noam Chomsky's idea that the principles that govern grammar are genetically programmed in human beings






8. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






10. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






11. Aspects of meaning having to do with the linguistic environment in which the expression occurs (cease and desist)






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






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






14. Change the meaning of a word - or part of speech (ex. child -> childhood)






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






16. Mental representation of a word






17. Affix after the root






18. Noam Chomsky's idea that the principles that govern grammar are genetically programmed in human beings






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






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






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






22. Mental representation of a word






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. How sentences and texts are used in the world(context)






30. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






32. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






33. A sentence in context






34. The meaning derived from flouting






35. Affix after the root






36. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






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






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






40. An utterance produced by a speaker






41. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






44. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






47. The science that studies language






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






49. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






50. A word that has died out