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linguistics midterm
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11/02/2010

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analytic
Definition
lacks affixes therefore inflectional and derivational
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synthetic
Definition
has complex words therefore affixes and inflectional and derivational. three different types
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agglutinative
Definition
large number of affixes. tend to have one meaning or function each.
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fusional
Definition
several morphological categories are commonly represented by single vocab item. ex.
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polysynthetic
Definition
single word can represent a whole sentence. wakka-ku-rusuy-an. i want to drink water. subcase of agglunative
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derivational
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derives new words. drink and drinkable lexical meaning
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inflectional
Definition
boy and boys. doesnt change form of word
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semitic morphology and consonant root
Definition
ktb in arabic "kataba" the root consists of three sounds
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articulators
Definition
larynx, soft palate, the lips, the tongue blade, the tongue body, and the tongue root
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articulators
Definition
larynx, soft palate, the lips, the tongue blade, the tongue body, and the tongue root
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passive components
Definition
teeth, upper lip, upper teeth, the back wall of the pharyx, the hard palate
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constriction degree
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how close an articulator gets to a passive component
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types of constriction degree
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stop, fricative, affricate, and sonorant
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stop
Definition
passive touches articulator. no air goes thru. p, d, k, and m
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fricative
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dont touch, real close but air flow goes thru. turbulent. f, s, and z
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affricate
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sequence of stop and fricative. c in chair
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sonorant
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get close but not close enough to be turbulent. j, w, r, and l
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soft palate
Definition
if lowered air flow thru nose and vice versa
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labial
Definition
p and b
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alveolar
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t and d
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velar
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k and g
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glottal
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h
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minimal pair
Definition
changing one sound in the words. bit and bat. mat and cat
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phoneme
Definition
contrasting sound. distinguishing words of different meaning with respect to complimentary distribution. p and ph.
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distinctive features theory
Definition
each sound is simple a complex of phonological features
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allomorphs
Definition
variants of the same morpheme. characterized by a different pronunciation.
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auxillary
Definition
who, what, when, where
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question rule
Definition
to form declarative sentence locate auxillary taht follows subject and playce it immediately left of the subject.
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complements
Definition
to the right
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correct phrase structure rule
Definition
VP->(specifier)v', v'->V(complement)
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Head
Definition
Vp v is head. ap a is head. every phrase has a head
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basic word orders
Definition
subject, verb, object. sov(turkish) svo(English) vso(welsh) s before o is common
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word order
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subject always precedes the object
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componential analysis
Definition
useful for uncovering and reprsenting similiarites among semantically related words. man + human -female +adult
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thematic roles
Definition
agent, theme, location, goal, experiencer
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experiencer and agent
Definition
experiencer has feelings. chris hit the ball. chris is an agent
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john wrote this letter to mary with a fancy pen
Definition
john is agent. "this letter" has a thematic role. theme "entity undergoing the action. "with a fancy pen" PP has thematic role "instrument"
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components
Definition
ssemantic features
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