1 TL _ Linguistic Knowledge and Grammar Quiz

What type of grammar describes basic linguistic knowledge without prescribing how one should speak?

• Descriptive grammar

• Prescriptive grammar

• Universal grammar

• Orthography

What is the term for the period during which language acquisition is easiest for children?

• Developmental phase

• Linguistic period

• Critical period

• Grammar phase

Which words imitate sounds associated with objects or actions?

• Descriptive

• Onomatopoeic

• Prescriptive

• Circumfixes

What term describes the actual use of our knowledge of words and grammar in speech?

• Onomatopoeic

• Linguistic performance

• Mental lexicon

• Prescriptive grammar

Which hypothesis suggests that language shapes our perception of reality?

• Linguistic determinism

• Linguistic performance

• Universal grammar

• Descriptive grammar

What does "gloss" refer to in the context of language learning?

• Native language words

• Translation of text

• Descriptive grammar

• Prescriptive rules

Which grammar type is typically used for learning a new language or dialect?

• Descriptive grammar

• Onomatopoeic grammar

• Prescriptive grammar

• Universal grammar

Which words specify grammatical relations and have little or no semantic content?

• Descriptive words

• Content words

• Function words

• Onomatopoeic words

What does orthography refer to?

• Spelling of words

• Grammar rules

• Pronunciation of words

• Morphological analysis

What kind of morpheme indicates aspects of grammatical function without changing the grammatical category?

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme

• Circumfix