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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. How sentences and texts are used in the world(context)






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






3. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






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






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






6. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






9. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






12. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






15. The overall meaning of a text






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






17. A word that has died out






18. The meaning of a sign






19. Meaning components






20. An utterance produced by a speaker






21. A sentence in context






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






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






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






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






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






27. The science that studies language






28. One who knows many languages






29. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






31. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






33. Mental representation of a word






34. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






35. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






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






39. Associations that an individual/small group may develop through everyday experiences (inside joke)






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






41. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






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






44. Meaning components






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






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






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






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






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






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