Introduction to Linguistics | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

The word bolna means ‘aching’ in Russian and what does it mean in Hindu-Urdu?

‘speak’ in Hindu-Urdu

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Who is regarded as the father of modern linguistics?

Noam Chomsky

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How can we compare the work of linguists to CSI criminologists?

use a variety of methods of analyzing language in order to illuminate many different aspects of language

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What Bader (1989) aptly noted about neologisms?

“getting other people to use your terms is an indication of power” (p. 629).

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Which type of grammar of a language represents the unconscious linguistic knowledge or capacity of its speakers

descriptive grammar

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What is linguistic relativism?

different languages encode different categories and that speakers of different languages therefore think about the world

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trap

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shark

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fairy

Take points!

baam

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What was Kerr (2005)'s opinion about the use of jargon?

It is unlikely to change given the profession’s fondness for novelty and a societal value that prioritizes codified prp.nal knwl.ge over uncodified prc. knowhow

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What is meta language?

Describing the language, talking about the language

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Which languages and dialects are fully expressive, complete, and logical,?

All

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What is sound symbolism in language?

words whose pronunciation suggests their meanings.

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Which language does not have a plural and singular form?

Zulu

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banana

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gift

Win 25 points!

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banana

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Who suggested that parroting professional language may also disguise one’s lack of knowledge or function as a mechanism to purposely mislead an audience?

Hirst, 2003; Robins & Crystal, 2019

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