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Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
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1. Deals with how sentences are formed






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






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






4. Mental representation of a word






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






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






7. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






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






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






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






12. A word that has died out






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






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






15. Required by syntax - mark grammatical categories (plurality - tense - comparative - etc) suffixes only






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






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






18. Affix in the middle of a word






19. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






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






22. An utterance produced by a speaker






23. Blending two existing words (motel - brunch)






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






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






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






27. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






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






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






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






31. Affix after the root






32. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






33. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






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






35. A sentence in context






36. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






37. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






38. The vocabulary of a speaker/language






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






40. The overall meaning of a text






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






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






43. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






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






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






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






47. Affix before the root






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






49. Aspects of meaning having to do with different levels of formality






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







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