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A word that is given a more grammatical function through reanalysis goes through the process of ...
grammaticalization
The process of grammaticalisation includes a morpheme which previously only had a lexical function to gain a grammatical function through ...
reanalysis
kill 'strike, beat, torment' > 'put to death'
cniht 'boy, servant' > 'knight'
(ge) sællig 'happy, blessed' > 'silly'
mete 'food' > 'meat'
Directives are a stable speech act function that we can use to investigate how language use has changed over time.
Who introduced the program of structural linguistics?
Linguistic input is crucial during the first years of a child’s life for language to be acquired.
Children acquire a language through analogy alone
During the telegraphic stage of language acquisition, children build lexical sentence structures rather than grammatical ones.
Oftentimes someone’s first language may influence their second language.
to start - to begin
seen - scene
employer - employee
hand - finger
match (similar items) - match (lighter)
mouse (animal) - mouse (computer)
What is this called?
Feature semantics
What is this called?
Prototype semantics
According to John Austin, a speech act has three components: the locution, illocution and perlocution. Is the following definition true or false for "perlocution"?
Assign the following principles to the right approach.
Nativist approach to LA (Chomsky)
Beowolf
Charles Dickens' Hard Times
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Choose the correct word-formation process for the following expression.
finger food
Choose the correct word-formation process for the following expression.
info
Choose the correct word-formation process for the following expression.
to bottle
Choose the correct word-formation process for the following expression.
UNESCO
Classify the final sound of the word append.
- voiced
- alveolar
- plosive
Classify the final sound of the word autumn.
- voiced
- bilabial
- nasal
Classify the final sound of the word bathe.
- voiced
- interdental
- fricative
Classify the final sound of the word pitch.
- voiceless
- palato-alveolar
- affricate
Contemporary published or collected data is used in this approach
Derivational morphemes can be a prefix or a suffix.
Derivational morphemes can change the word-class.
Derivational morphemes cannot be used to create a new word.
Development of pairs of fricatives occurred in ...
Emergence of the progressive is an example of contemporary variation in English.
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Human language consists of different structural levels. The sound system is studied in ....
Phonetics and Phonology
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Verbal concord with collective nouns is an example of contemporary variation in English.
What is the name of the semantic approach used in this table?
Feature semantics
What is the name of the semantic theory illustrated in the picture?
Prototype semantics
What kind of relationship do these words have?
a 'convert vs. a con'vert
What kind of relationship do these words have?
father, Vater
What kind of relationship do these words have?
he, them
What speech act type is "Don't cheat in the exam!"?
What speech act type is "I declare the Olympic Games 2020 open."?
What speech act type is "I regret my decision to leave my boyfriend."?
What speech act type is "Please, excuse me."?
What speech act type is "This is my last exam. [no special emphasis]"?
What speech act type is "Wow! What a wonderful surprise!"
Which features have come into the English language during its history?
Which features were lost from the English language during its history?
Which of the following definitions of morpheme are true?
Which of these sound pairs are involved in Grimm's Law?
Choose the correct word formation process:
Lockable
Choose the correct word formation process:
Math
Choose the correct word formation process:
Motel
Choose the correct word formation process:
NASA
Choose the correct word formation process:
to google
Choose the correct word formation process:
smog
Label the sense realtions between the following pairs of words. be as precice as possible.
tree - root
Label the sense realtions between the following pairs of words. be as precice as possible.
tasty - delicious
Label the sense realtions between the following pairs of words. be as precice as possible.
friend - enemy
Label the sense realtions between the following pairs of words. be as precice as possible.
meat - meet
Label the sense realtions between the following pairs of words. be as precice as possible.
kind (class, type) - kind (polite)
Label the sense realtions between the following pairs of words. be as precice as possible.
landing (act of process of coming on land) - landing (platform between two flights of stairs)
"Turn to page 138 and do task number 2. (context classroom)"
"Aren't you tired as well?" (context: one friend to the other at the disco)
"You know nothing about pragmatics do you?" (context: said to somebody who has been rude to you)
Choose the direct speech acts.
choose the correct speech act type
The most recent Tarantino movie is called "once upon a time in hollywood"
choose the correct speech act type
I went to see it yesterday.
choose the correct speech act type
Go see it on Netflix!
choose the correct speech act type
I assure you that you'll have a good time.
choose the correct speech act type
I wish they would do a sequel.
choose the correct speech act type
I absolutely loved it!
The focus in Pragmatics is generally on:
Grice’s Cooperative Principle of human conversation includes four different maxims.
Which of the four maxims correspond to the following definitions:
Try to make your contribution one that is true.
maxim of quality
