Unit 1
which design feature refers to the ability to lie?
Prevarication
what is any group of languages descended from a common ancestor called?
a language family
define Morphology
the study of words, word formation and word structure
what is the basic word order of English?
SVO (subject verb object)
Aloha
borrowing
from Hawaiian
which design feature is unique to humans?
productivity
what does the Sino in "Sino-Tibetan" stand for?
chinese
what is lexical access?
our ability to access/find the words stored in our minds
when multiple words are functioning as a unit, they are considered:
constituents
Rizz
clipping
of Charisma
What are the 2 types of data analysis we discussed?
visual and statistical
what are 2 languages that had an influence on the English language?
anglo saxon
old norse
norman french
celtic languages
what is the correct morpheme breakdown of the word:
rememorizes
re- + memory + -ize + -s
(memor)
In Spanish, changing a singular to a plural looks like this:
"el pollo" - the chicken
"los pollos" - the chickens
The difference between "el" and "los" in regards to plurality is an example of :
tense, aspect, or agreement?
agreement (with gender and number)
Belieber
blend and eponym
Believer + Beiber
This allows participants to know what their involvement in a study will be
informed consent
The Vulgar Dialects of Latin evolved to form which branch of the Indo-European Language family?
Romance
Ambiguity: what are the 2 different ways you could possibly break up the word
"Unlockable" ?
unlock + -able
un- + lockable
Identify the phrase type of the bracketed phrase, and the annotations for each word in the brackets:
The student wrote [on the bubble sheet] as they completed the test.
PP (prepositional phrase)
on- P
the- Det
bubble- Adj
sheet- N
laser
acronym
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
A linguist is studying whether children or adults learn a second language faster. The linguist develops an experiment where a group of 10 children and 10 adults take a class on French for one month. At the end of the class, they all take a test measuring how many French vocabulary words they have learned. All of the children and adults are native English speakers with no previous knowledge of French. They also spend the same amount of time in class and have the same teacher. Which of the following is the independent variable of the experiment?
Age
Why do we know less about the pronunciation of Proto-Sino-Tibetan than we do about the pronunciation of Proto-Indo-European? (2 reasons)
writing system (logographic)
geography (mount everest and the himalayas)
HARD: what would the correct morpheme breakdown of the following word be?
"antidisestablishmentarianism"
anti- + dis- + establish + -ment + -arian + -ism
Definition: A political philosophy opposed to the separation of a religious group (church) and a government (state), especially the belief held by those in 19th-century England opposed to separating the Anglican church from the civil government
(pull up word tree)
Creating a compound sentence using conjunctions is an example of :
coordination
HARD:
chortle (a breathy, gleeful laugh)
blend!
chuckle + snort