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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. A transformation in which you add an auxiliary verb and switching to question format






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






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






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






5. One who knows many languages






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






7. Mental representation of a word






8. Actually saying a word - what you can do






9. Deals with how sentences are formed






10. The science that studies language






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






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






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






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






15. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






18. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






20. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






22. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






24. The ability to produce language - what you know






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






26. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






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






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






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






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






32. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






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






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






36. Affix after the root






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






38. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






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






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






43. Affix before the root






44. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






45. Affix before the root






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






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






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






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






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







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