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A summary of Study of Language by Yule (2016)
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1.
Name the 4 articulatory parameters.
Answer: - Shape (flat hand / fist) - Orientation (palm up / down) - Location (closer to the head or body) - Movement (out/down/slow/fast)
2.
What is negative face?
Answer: The need to be independent and free from imposition.
3.
What are emblems?
Answer: They function as fixed phrases and don\'t depend on speech. Example \"thumbs up\".
4.
What is epenthesis?
Answer: Addition of a sound to the middle of a word. (timr -> timber)
5.
What are the semantic roles for nouns?
Answer: - Agent performs an action. - Theme is affected by the situation. - Instrument is used by the agent to perform the action. - Experiancer: feeling / perception / state - Location: where it is - Source: where it moves from - Goal: where it moves to
6.
What are the four maxims of conversation?
Answer: - Quantity maxim: enough contribution - Quality maxim: tell the truth - Relation maxim: be relevant - Manner maxim: clear, brief, not obscure
7.
What is deixis?
Answer: Words that can\'t be interpreted if we don\'t know the context.
8.
What are hypocorisms?
Answer: A longer word is reduced to a single syllable, and then -ie is added. (Australian \'telly\')
9.
What is backformation?
Answer: When eg a noun becomes a verb. (option --> to opt).
10.
What is conversion?
Answer: A change in the function of a word. (a bottle --> to bottle)
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