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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 you be as informative as required but not more than that






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






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






16. One who knows many languages






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






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






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






20. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






21. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






22. The meaning derived from flouting






23. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






26. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






29. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






32. Shift in meaning (drink a glass of water)






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






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






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






36. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






37. A transformation in which you divide the phrasal verb (Mary stood up John --> Mary stoop John up)






38. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






39. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






40. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






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






44. Affix before the root






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






46. A transformation in which you divide the phrasal verb (Mary stood up John --> Mary stoop John up)






47. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






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