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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Adding derivational morphemes to create new words (to fax)






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






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






4. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






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






7. The meaning derived from flouting






8. The set of sentences that must be true for the sentence to be true






9. Deals with the sounds of a language






10. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






12. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






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






15. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






18. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






19. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






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






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






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






24. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






26. A sentence in context






27. Actually saying a word - what you can do






28. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






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






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






32. The meaning derived from flouting






33. A word that has died out






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






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






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






37. A new word






38. The meaning of a sign






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






40. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






41. Affix in the middle of a word






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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