LINGUISTICS - SPSC TEST

Q.01._________is the variety of language, including vocabulary and grammar, spoken in a particular social group.

• Variety

• Accent

• Dialect

Q.02. ___________is the language of communication between persons who have different first languages who speak different tribal languages.

• Business Language

• Code-Switching

• Lingua Franca

Q.03. Language learning processes, like how language is acquired, how language is stored in the brain, how language is accessed and processed by the brain, are studied under

• Socio Linguistics

• Psycho Linguistics

• Applied Linguistics

Q.4. _______ is the stored knowledge that a person has about a particular concept, which enables them to interpret what they encounter in relation to that concept.

• Parole

• Schema

• Competence

Q.5. The historical approach to language study, which investigates the changes in languages through time is said to be____________

• Diachronic

• Idiosyncrasy

• Synchronic

Q.6. The study of rules and practices for making and using sounds in a language is called_____

• Morphology

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Phonology

Q.7. A new or hybrid language that develops a new or sophisticated grammar or vocabulary and is spoken as some group's first language is:

• Lingua Franca

• Pidgin

• Standard Language

• Creole

Q.8. Which of the following is the smallest unit within a language system?

• Phoneme

• Word

• Morpheme

Q.9. Who was the main contributor to the linguistic period?

• Jean Piaget

• Noam Chomsky

• B.F Skinner

• Wundt

Q.10. looks at all the possibilities of harnessing information technology to the task of teaching and learning a second language.

• Grammar Translation method

• Computer-Assisted Language Learning

• Audio-Visual Method

• Communicative language teaching