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Linguistics Basics

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






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






3. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






5. A new word






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






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






8. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






10. One who knows many languages






11. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






12. Using the initial letters of a set of words (NFL - NASA)






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






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






15. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






16. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






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






20. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






21. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






23. Mental representation of a word






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






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






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






27. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






28. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






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






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






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






34. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






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






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






39. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






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






43. Affix after the root






44. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






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






48. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






50. The rise and fall of sentences







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