P2 of main test

What is phonology?

• The structure of words

• The study of the mental representation of sound systems

• How to speak clearly

• The social function of language

How is phonology different from phonetics?

• They are the same

• Phonology is abstract and mental; phonetics is physical and articulatory

• Phonology studies grammar

• Phonetics deals with morphemes

In the noun phrase The king of England, what is the head?

• The

• King

• England

• Of

In the verb phrase found a puppy in the garden from Toronto, what is the head?

• Puppy

• Found

• In

• Garden

In the prepositional phrase of England, what is the head?

• Of

• England

• King

• The

What is the structure of a prepositional phrase in Navajo?

• A) P NP

• B) NP P

• C) NP → P

English is classified as a (a)   language.

• Head-final

• Object-Subject-Verb

• Head-initial

• Pro-drop

Navajo is classified as a (a)   language.

• Head-initial

• Head-final

• Free word order

• Non-configurational

Which of the following is an example of lexical ambiguity?

• She ate the cake with a fork.

• Fred went to the bank.

• Sue bought a car in the parking lot.

• The king of England smiled.

Which of the following best describes structural ambiguity?

• A) When a word has multiple meanings

• B) When a sentence is ungrammatical

• C) When sentence structure allows for multiple interpretations

• D) When word order is head-final