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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. An utterance produced by a speaker






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






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






4. A new word






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






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






7. Deals with how sentences are formed






8. A word that has died out






9. A sentence in context






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






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






12. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






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






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






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






16. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






17. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






18. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






20. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






21. The ability to produce language - what you know






22. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






23. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






24. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






25. A sentence in context






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






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






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






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






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






31. The science that studies language






32. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






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