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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. A new word






2. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






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






6. Affix before the root






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






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






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






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






11. An utterance produced by a speaker






12. The rise and fall of sentences






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






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






15. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






18. A sentence in context






19. A word that has died out






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






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






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






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






24. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






26. The meaning derived from flouting






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






28. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






30. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






31. Occurs when words have been disambigued and a sentence has a clear meaning






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






33. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






35. The principle of cooperation that states to avoid obscurity and ambiguity - be brief and orderly






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






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






38. Noam Chomsky's idea that the principles that govern grammar are genetically programmed in human beings






39. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






40. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






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






44. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






46. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






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






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







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