Language myth 10

Question 1

Syntax

Answer 1

the way in which linguistic elements (such as words) are put together to form constituents (such as phrases or clauses

Question 2

Semantics

Answer 2

The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning

Question 3

Morphology

Answer 3

the study of the forms of things

Question 4

Pragmatics

Answer 4

the branch of linguistics dealing with language in use and the contexts in which it is used, including such matters as deixis, the taking of turns in conversation, text organization, presupposition, and implicature

Question 5

Referent

Answer 5

the thing that a word or phrase denotes or stands for

Question 6

Lexicon

Answer 6

the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge

Question 7

What are the four different aspects of a word?

Answer 7

themetic meaning denotative meaning connotative meaning social meaning

Question 8

Phonology

Answer 8

the system of contrastive relationships among the speech sounds that constitute the fundamental components of a language

Question 9

Language

Answer 9

the principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture

Question 10

Coreference

Answer 10

In linguistics, coreference, sometimes written co-reference, occurs when two or more expressions refer to the same person or thing; they have the same referent

Question 11

The Principle of Compositionality

Answer 11

In semantics, mathematical logic and related disciplines, the principle of compositionality is the principle that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its constituent expressions and the rules used to combine them.

Question 12

lexical semantics

Answer 12

Lexical semantics involves the coding of word meanings

Question 13

onomatopoeic

Answer 13

using or relating to onomatopoeia.
“onomatopoeic words like ‘bang’ and ‘coo’”

Question 14

Morpheme

Answer 14

a meaningful morphological unit of a language that cannot be further divided

Question 15

linguistic expression

Answer 15

Linguistic expressions are the words, phrases, and sentences we produce as language users

Question 16

antonymy

Answer 16

the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings

Question 17

anaphora

Answer 17

the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they

Question 18

Connotation

Answer 18

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

Question 19

morphological structure

Answer 19

the structure of words, and the ways in which words of different types are identified

Question 20

Linguistic expression

Answer 20

the words, phrases, and sentences we produce as language users

Question 21

Linguist

Answer 21

person skilled in foreign languages and/or a person who studies linguistics.

Question 22

grammatical patterns

Answer 22

Grammar patterns are ways of describing how words are used in English

Question 23

Collocation

Answer 23

another word or words with a frequency greater than chance

Question 24

polysemy

Answer 24

the coexistence of many possible meanings for a word or phrase

Question 25

metonymy

Answer 25

the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing

Question 26

anaphora

Answer 26

the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they

Question 27

hyponymy

Answer 27

the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

Question 28

compositional symantics

Answer 28

The meaning of a phrase is determined by combining the meanings of its subphrases, using rules which are driven by the syntactic structure

Question 29

linguistic analysis

Answer 29

to understand the content of the text

Question 30

Phonology

Answer 30

the system of contrastive relationships among the speech sounds that constitute the fundamental components of a language.