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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Shortening a longer word (phone - auto) to create new words






2. The science that studies language






3. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






4. Mental representation of a word






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






6. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






9. Words that depend on the context of a sentence for meaning (I - here - now)






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






11. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






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






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






16. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






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






20. The meaning of a sign






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






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






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






24. Mental representation of a word






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Required by syntax - mark grammatical categories (plurality - tense - comparative - etc) suffixes only






32. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






34. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






35. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






38. The ability to produce language - what you know






39. A word that has died out






40. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






42. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






44. One who knows many languages






45. One who knows many languages






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






47. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






49. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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