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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






2. The meaning of a sign






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






4. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






7. Mental representation of a word






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






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






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






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






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






13. Affix before the root






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






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






16. The science that studies language






17. Actually saying a word - what you can do






18. The ability to produce language - what you know






19. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






22. A sentence in context






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






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






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






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






27. What we say in a literal sense (speech act)






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






29. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






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






33. A word that has died out






34. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






35. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






36. A word that has died out






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






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






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






40. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






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






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






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






45. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






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






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






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






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