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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. The fact that saying something commits you to it (vow - promise - swearing) (speech act)






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






3. An utterance produced by a speaker






4. Affix in the middle of a word






5. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






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






9. The science that studies language






10. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






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






14. The rise and fall of sentences






15. Affix after the root






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






18. Using a word from another language to create a new word (cafe - deja-vu)






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






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






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






22. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






24. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






33. Actually saying a word - what you can do






34. Mental representation of a word






35. The overall meaning of a text






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






37. The rise and fall of sentences






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






39. Meaning components






40. A sentence in context






41. Deals with how sentences are formed






42. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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