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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. The Principle of cooperation that states that one does not say what is false or what you lack evidence for






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






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






4. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






5. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






7. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






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






11. The meaning of a sign






12. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






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






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






15. Used by linguists to represent sounds in the languages of the world






16. The meaning derived from flouting






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






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






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






20. One who knows many languages






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






22. A sentence in context






23. Actually saying a word - what you can do






24. Deals with how the sounds are organized






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






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






27. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






28. Affix in the middle of a word






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






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






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






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






39. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






40. Affix after the root






41. Affix after the root






42. An utterance produced by a speaker






43. The rise and fall of sentences






44. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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






46. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






48. Deals with the sounds of a language






49. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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