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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. The set of sentences that must be true for the sentence to be true






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






3. The meaning of a sign






4. The ability to produce language - what you know






5. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






8. Actually saying a word - what you can do






9. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






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






11. Meaning components






12. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






13. Affix before the root






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






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






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






17. Historical - shows how language has changed through time - traces the etymology of words






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






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






20. A sentence in context






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






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






23. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






26. Deals with how the sounds are organized






27. An utterance produced by a speaker






28. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






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






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






46. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






47. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






49. Historical - shows how language has changed through time - traces the etymology of words






50. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied