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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Aspects of meaning concerning other meanings of an expression that may be activated when irrelevant (cock)






2. The meaning derived from flouting






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






4. A word that has died out






5. The meaning derived from flouting






6. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






8. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






10. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






11. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






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






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






15. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






17. Mental representation of a word






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






19. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






21. 1. Representations 2. Directives 3. Expressives 4. Commissives 5. Declaratives






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






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






24. Moving parts of a sentence into different positions for emphatic purposes






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






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






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






28. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






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






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






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






34. Moving parts of a sentence into different positions for emphatic purposes






35. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






36. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






37. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






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






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






41. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






42. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






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






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






45. Deals with how sentences are formed






46. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






47. The science that studies language






48. A word that has died out






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






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