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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A single sound. K - d - t - e






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. The meaning of a sign






19. A new word






20. Mental representation of a word






21. Affix before the root






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






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






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






25. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






26. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






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






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






31. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






32. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






33. The meaning of a sign






34. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






36. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






39. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






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






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






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






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






45. A word that has died out






46. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






47. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






49. The overall meaning of a text






50. The ability to produce language - what you know