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The study of rules governing the use of language, being part of the general study of linguistics can be defined as...

• Phonetics

• Phonology

• Grammar

• Morphology

The element of linguistics interested in utterances and the context of conversations is...

• Morphology

• Semantics

• Phonetics

• Pragmatics

Who focus on the study of the relationship between language and society, helping us to understand why we speak differently in various social contexts, and help us to uncover the social relationships in a community?

• Structuralism

• Generativism

• Sociolinguistics

• Audiolinguists

Which was the theory proposed by Abraham Maslow?

• Humanistic

• Learning perspective

• Nativism

• Interactionist

The monitor hyphotesis was proposed by...

• Maslow

• Krashen

• Chomsky

• Skinner

Words like liar, power, layer, loyal are made of.....

• Monophthong

• Diphthong

• Triphthongs

• Semivowels

When the tip of the tongue is against the teeth ridge like: “t,d (/ˈsʌdn/sudden),s,z,n,l,” it is called...

• Bilabial

• Labiodental

• Dental

• Alveolar

Whereas mistakes could be seen as momentary lapses, errors are made due to lack or misinterpretation of information. Thus, it is crucial correcting errors as soon as possible (so that they do not convert into mistakes).

• True

• False

The study of the linguistic contrasts that writing systems convey, and its unit is the grapheme, which can be defined as the smallest contrastive unit in a writing system that might produce a change in meaning is.....

• Graphetics

• Graphology

• Orthography

• Spelling

In general terms, English spelling is considered to be difficult and unpredictable. However, recent studies show that English is approximately ______ regular.

• 50%

• 60%

• 75%

• 80%