SYNTAX

There're 3 theories in the natural sound soures: bow-wow, pooh-pooh, ta-ta theory.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the definition of articulatory phonetics?

• The study of how speech sounds are made.

• The study of the characteristics of speech sounds.

• The study deals with speech's physical properties as sound waves in the air.

• The study deals with the perception of speech sounds via the ear.

Which is an example of assimilation?

• There’s a handbag. /ðə z ə ˈhændbæɡ/

• He’s a bad boy. /hi z ə bæd bɔɪ/

• I live in Paris. /aɪ lɪv ɪm ˈpærɪs/

• I have to go. /aɪ həv tə ɡəʊ/

The word “nylon” belongs to which of the following?

• Compounding

• Acronyms

• Derivation

• Coinage

In the sentence “I’m not lazy. I’m just in my energy saving mode.”, which are the lexical morphemes?

• “I'm, lazy, enegy, save, mode”

• “not, lazy, just, energy, save, mode”

• “lazy, energy, saving, mode”

• “I, on, lazy, enegy, save, mode”

Answer explanation

Free morphemes:

+ Lexicalorphemes: "not, lazy, energy, save, mode"

+ Functional morphemes: "I, on"

Bound morphemes:

+ Inflectional morpheme: " 'm, ing"

Structure analysis involves the use of __ .

What does the abbreviation PN mean?

• Pronoun

• Proper noun

• Preposition

• Noun phrase

A sentence (S) mainly includes :

Lexical rules specify which sentences can be used when we rewrite constituents.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Movement rules: NP Aux VP => Aux NP VP

• TRUE

• FALSE