Linguistics
Phonetics
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
100
Complex communication system unique to humans.
What is Language.
100
A standardized system for representing sounds of spoken languages.
What is International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
100
Part of phonology which deals with restrictions a language places on the combinations (sequences) of phonemes
What is Phonotactics
100
Mental collection of all the words you know
What is Lexicon
100
Languages in which constituents can appear in any order in the sentence
What is Free word order languages
200
Unlike prescriptive rules, the do not tell you how to speak or write according to someone’s ideas of what “good” and “proper” language is but describe how the language is actually spoken.
What is Descriptive rules.
200
Two main categories of speech sounds
What is consonants and vowels
200
The most common syllable type across languages
What is CV
200
The smallest meaningful unit of language
What is Morpheme
200
Syntactic property which determines what expressions must co-occur with other expressions, if any
What is Co-occurrence restriction
300
Name one design feature of language
What is 1. Mode of Communication – is used for communication 2. Semanticity – has meaning 3. Pragmatic Function – is used for a purpose 4. Interchangeability – speaker can become listener 5. Cultural Transmission – is acquired only culturally 6. Arbitrariness – symbol – meaning connection is arbitrary 7. Discreteness – built of small units 8. Displacement – can communication about things not in the immediate speech situation 9. Productivity – infinite capacity to express new things
300
Produced with a major constriction of airflow in the oral cavity
What is consonants
300
What type of repair is applied to the word 'sutoraiku' to adapt the word 'strike' it to Japanese phonotactics
What is Insertion
300
Give an example of a lexical category/part of speech
What is Noun Verb Adjective Adverb
300
What word order is canonical in English
What is SVO
400
The knowledge of language hidden in the mental world of the speakers
What is Linguistic competence
400
Sits on top of trachea and contains vocal folds
What is larynx
400
Various pronunciations of the same phoneme
What is allophones
400
New members of these lexical categories can be borrowed or invented
What is Open lexical categories
400
What is so special about the way Yoda speaks?
What is OSV word order (not found in natural languages)
500
The the output of linguistic knowledge hidden in the minds of the speakers.
What is Linguistic performance
500
Method for producing speech sounds using lungs and respiratory muscles for moving the air outwards
What is Pulmonic egressive
500
Meaning differentiating sounds, appear in overlapping distribution.
What is phonemes
500
What affixes attach to
What is Stem
500
If the occurrence of some expression X in a sentence necessitates the occurrence of some expression Y, the we say that Y is ________ of X.
What is An argument
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