General Linguistics Quiz
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the scientific study of language called?
Linguistics
Syntax
Morphology
Phonetics
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which level of linguistic structure focuses on the smallest unit of structure in language?
Semantics
Phonetics
Morphology
Syntax
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the innate ability to learn language called?
Performance
Grammar
Syntax
Competence
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which part of speech represents the action, event, or state that the sentence is about?
Verb
Adjective
Noun
Adverb
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the branch of linguistics that deals with speech sounds?
Phonetics
Pragmatics
Syntax
Semantics
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which class of words represents circumstantial information such as time and manner?
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Nouns
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another in a particular language?
Semantics
Phoneme
Morpheme
Syntax
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