Should Have Studied
The study of the minimal units of language e.g. individual speech sounds
What is Phonetics?
I like her as a friend. I don't like-like her is an example of this morphological process.
What is reduplication?
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What is a prefix
This is a meaning relationship between words where their reference is exactly the same.
What is synonymy.
A multi-word lexical expression whose meaning is not compositional
What is an idiom?
The study of how words are constructed using the smallest units of meaning
What is Morphology?
'In-' , a negation, is added to 'complete' to create the new word 'incomplete' in this morphological process.
What is affixation?
Changeable
What is a suffix
This relationship between words is typically described using hierarchy where the reference of one word is included in the reference of another word.
What is hyponymy?
A set of rules designed to give instructions regarding the socially embedded notion of the “correct” or “proper” way to speak or write.
What is Prescriptive Grammar?
A component of mental grammar that deals with constructing phrasal expressions out of smaller expressions. Also a name for the subfield of linguistics that studies how expressions can combine to form larger expressions.
What is Syntax?
The words 'space' and 'suit' are combined into a new word 'spacesuit' in this morphological process.
What is compounding?
In-
Un-
-able
-er
-ing
What are affixes?
This type of antonym relationship occurs on a subjective sliding scale.
What is a gradable pair?
This sentence, coined by Noam Chomsky, demonstrates that sentences can have grammar without semantic meaning.
What is "Colorless green dreams sleep furiously."
The study of linguistic meaning.
What is Semantics?
There is one MAN at the door and two MEN sitting down is an example of this process.
What is alternation?
Fan-Fricking-Tastic
What is an Infix?
Antonyms in which the first word of the pair suggests a point of view opposite to that of the second word.
What are converses?
This style of syntactic tree drawing is the preferred method for demonstrating generative grammar.
What is minimalist syntactic tree structure or minimalism.
The study of how context affects language use: both whether or not a particular utterance is felicitous in a given context and how the context affects that utterance’s meaning or interpretation
What is Pragmatics?
The dog IS in the house today. The dog WAS outside yesterday is an example of this process.
What is suppletion?
Daily Double!
A-hunting
What is a circumfix?
This type of adjective is visually demonstrated as a circle inside a larger circle. It's reference is included in the set of things that the noun it modifies refers to.
What is a subsective adjective?
The three types of co-occurance are arguments, agreements, and these.
What are adjuncts?