Linguistics Quiz

A set of linguistic items with similar distribution is called ….

• Sociolingusitics

• Variety

• Dialects

• Accent

The process by which a language has been codified in some way is called …

• standardization

• normalization

• sociolect

• dialect

A distinct form of a language spoken in a particular geographical area is a definition of ….

• Social dialect

• Regional dialect

• Regional variety

• Social accent

In English speaking communities, which utterance is normally used by lower class speakers?

• He walks to college everyday

• Nobody wants any chips

• I finish that book yesterday

• I have lost my key

Language variation of well educated people is normally as follow ….

• More casual

• Infrequent words in speech

• Talk like a book

• Sometimes ungrammatical

A language used for communication between speakers of different native languages is a definition of ….

• Pidgin

• Creole

• Lingua franca

• Dialect

Which of the following represents the proper wording for a simple declarative sentence in English?

• Verb-Subject-Object

• Subject-Object-Verb

• Subject-Verb-Object

• Object-Subject-Verb

Which of the following is an example of a syntactic constituent?

• A single word

• A phoneme

• A morpheme

• A sentence

What do we name a clause that is either or both primary subject and verb absent?

• Simple sentence

• Complex sentence

• Incomplete sentence

• Compound sentence

In semantics, what do we call the relationship between words where one word is a more general or superordinate term, and the other word is a more specific or subordinate term?

• Synonymy

• Antonymy

• Hyponymy

• Polysemy