Linguistics

Which of Hockett's design features has been observed in ALL animal and human communication?

• Semanticity

• Productivity

• Prevarication

• Displacement

Which of the following languages belongs to the Germanic Language Family?

• Mandarin

• French

• Spanish

• English

Which of the following language families does Spanish belong to?

• Sinitic Language Family

• Sino-Tibetan Language Family

• Germanic Language Family

• Romance Language Family

Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes are all examples of...

• Morphemes

• Affixes

• Neologisms

• All of the above

Which of the following suffixes, when added to another word, creates an adverb?

• -tion

• -ous

• -ly

• -able

Which of the following options shows the correct morpheme breakup of the word "players"?

• Play-ers

• Pla-yers

• Play-er-s

• pla-yer-s

In the word thoughtful, "ful" is a...

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Root

• Neologism

"America" gets its name from the Italian merchant and explorer "Amerigo Vespucci". Since it is named after a person, it is considered to be which type of neologism?

• Conversion

• Blend

• Eponym

• Abbreviation

Answer explanation

Eponym

A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.

Language Learning is...

• The window of time in which your brain can effortlessly absorb language information.

• The part of your mind that monitors what you are saying for mistakes.

• When features of one language affects learning or use of another language.

• Purposeful study of a language in a classroom

The following is an example of which type of constituency test?

My brother studies biology --> [He] studies biology

• Movement

• Sound Switching

• Replacement

• Question Answering