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15 Cards in this Set
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Do function words have meaning?
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Yes
Put book on table put book under table put book beside table put book behind... |
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Did meaning exist before animals evolved?
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No
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Which system of language is the cause of ambiguity when syncretism is involved?
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morphology
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Which system of language is the cause of ambiguity in the headline 'Drunks get Nine Months in Violin Case'
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Lexicon
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Which system of language is the cause of ambiguity in the headline 'Stolen Painting Found by Tree'
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Syntax
*one meaning highly unlikely |
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Which system of language is the cause of ambiguity when homonyms are involved?
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Phonology
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What results when we add a new sense to an existing word
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Polysemy
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What results when two existing words become identical in pronunciation
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homophone/ homonym
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Have, have, has, had, having are all _____ of the same ____
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word forms lexeme
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Have, have, has, had, having are separated from each other by a difference of _____
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inflection
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Have has one function in 'They want to have a new cellphone' and have has a different function in 'They have a new cell phone'. Both occurrences of 'have' are pronounced identically. This is an example of
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Syncretism
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Language allows speaker to create new utterances never said before; therefore languages are
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open ended
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Animal calls do not allow animals to create new utterances never said before; therefore animal calls are
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closed- ended
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Polysemy results from multiple referents
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False
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Homonymy results from multiple referents
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False
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