QUIZ_MEETING 4_LINGUISTICS UNITS

Which of the following is the smallest unit of sound in a language?

• Morpheme

• Word

• Phoneme

• Clause

What is a morpheme?

• A complete sentence

• The smallest meaningful unit of language

• A group of related words

• A type of sound

Which of the following is an example of a free morpheme?

• -ed

• un-

• run

• -ing

What is the correct order from smallest to largest linguistic unit?

• Sentence → Word → Phoneme

• Word → Morpheme → Phrase

• Phoneme → Morpheme → Word

• Phrase → Clause → Morpheme

“The big brown dog” is an example of a:

• Clause

• Sentence

• Phrase

• Word

Which one is a bound morpheme?

• cat

• happy

• -s

• run

Which of the following units must contain both a subject and a predicate?

• Word

• Clause

• Morpheme

• Phrase

Which sentence contains two clauses?

• I like pizza.

• When I arrived, she was sleeping.

• The small house.

• Quickly and quietly.

What is discourse in linguistics?

• A word with multiple meanings

• A long sentence

• Language use beyond the sentence level

• A type of clause

Which unit comes just before "sentence" in the hierarchy of linguistic units?

• Word

• Clause

• Phrase

• Morpheme