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Linguistics Chapters 1-4

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The scientific study of human language
a)
linguistics
b)
phonetics
c)
pragmatics
d)
syntax
2.
The study of speech as a physical process
a)
phonetics
b)
photography
c)
morphology
d)
pragmatics
3.
The study of words and their structure
a)
semantics
b)
psycholinguistics
c)
morphology
d)
dialectology
4.
The study of the structure of phrases and sentences
a)
Phonology
b)
Morphology
c)
Syntax
d)
Semantics
5.
The study of how speakers and writers use language to communicate
a)
Phonetics
b)
Morphology
c)
Syntax
d)
Pragmatics
6.
The basic principles of linguistics are studied in
a)
psycholinguistics
b)
theoretical linguistics
c)
computational linguistics
d)
historical linguistics
7.
the language change and the reconstruction of linguistic history is studied in
a)
theoretical linguistics
b)
historical linguistics
c)
psycholinguistics
d)
sociolinguistics
8.
the language learning and language processing is studied in
a)
theoretical linguistics
b)
historical linguistics
c)
computational linguistics
d)
pshycholinguistics
9.
the algorithms for computer analysis of text and speech is studied in
a)
theoretical linguistics
b)
psycholinguistics
c)
sociolinguistics
d)
computational linguistics
10.

Open class or content words are defined as

a)

the words that convey conceptual meaning

b)

words that are open to interpretation

c)

words that cannot be added to a language

d)

words that do not carry conceptual meaning

11.

Descriptive grammar focuses on

a)

rules of syntax that must be followed

b)

objectively describing native speakers' knowledge about language based on usage

c)

universal grammar built into native speakers' brain

d)

a set of rules designed to give instructions regarding proper way to write and speak

12.

What is NOT true about open class (content) words?

a)

new types can be added all the time

b)

may be inadvertently switched in speech

c)

convey conceptual meaning

d)

convey only grammatical meaning

13.

Lexicon is

a)

a pairing between a form and a sound

b)

arbitrary relationship between the meaning and the sound

c)

our mental dictionary of all the words we know

d)

universal capacity to learn new words

14.

What is NOT an example of a content word?

a)

a noun

b)

a pronoun

c)

a verb

d)

an adverb

15.

What is an example of a closed class (function) words?

a)

conjuctions

b)

adjectives

c)

adverbs

d)

nouns

16.

a minimal unit of meaning is called a

a)

tagmeme

b)

lexeme

c)

morpheme

d)

phoneme

17.

the study of meaning

a)

semantics

b)

statistics

c)

etymology

d)

epistomology

18.

inflectional morpheme

a)

changes meanings and parts of speech

b)

does not change meanings or parts of speech

c)

makes adverbs from adjectives

d)

smallest part of a word that precedes the root

19.

What is NOT an example of an inflectional morpheme?

a)

-ing

b)

-ed

c)

-s

d)

-ish

20.

What is an example of an inflectional morpheme?

a)

-er to form a comparative adjective

b)

-ly to form an adverb from an adjective

c)

-ize to form a verb from a noun

d)

-ic to form an adjective

21.

Circumfix is

a)

a prefix only

b)

a free morpheme

c)

around root

d)

has many examples in English

22.

Agent

a)

receives action

b)

is what action is directed to

c)

performs action

d)

ignores action

23.

Free morpheme

a)

cannot stand alone

b)

can stand alone

c)

can be a prefix

d)

can be a suffix

24.

To form 3rd person singular in verbs, inflectional morpheme -s or its variations are used.

a)

true

b)

false

25.

What can be an example of a bound morpheme?

a)

ate

b)

eat

c)

act

d)

ask

26.

In the word "infix" there are

a)

two bound morphemes

b)

one free and one bound morpheme

c)

one free morpheme

d)

two free morphemes

27.

What is a the most important word or a head in the NP?

a)

preposition

b)

verb

c)

novel word

d)

noun

28.

A variant of a morpheme

a)

allomorph

b)

allophone

c)

allo?

d)

alloy

29.

Ambiguity concerning meaning of word

a)

semantic ambiguity

b)

indirect speech act

c)

implicature

d)

lexical ambiguity

30.

Language is a system of ____ _______ symbols used for human communication.

a)

arbitrary written

b)

arbitrary vocal

c)

ambiguous sound

d)

compounding lexical and grammatical

31.

What is NOT language functions?

a)

pragmatic and charismatic

b)

informative and interpersonal

c)

emotive and performative

d)

recreational and metalingual

32.

small, seemingly meaningless topics of conversation used to maintain a comfortable relationship between people

a)

phatic language

b)

prosodic speech acts

c)

implicatures

d)

analytics

33.

sentences that are always false are known as

a)

contrabands

b)

contrastives

c)

contradictions

d)

tautologies

34.

In logic and semantics tautology refers to

a)

repetition of the same concept using synonyms

b)

paraphrasing of the original thought

c)

sentences that are always true

d)

sentences that are always false

35.

A sentence that is syntactically fine but does not make sense (contains semantic violations)

a)

contradiction

b)

anamoly

c)

anachronism

d)

anarchy

36.

sentences that seem to be anomalous but are understood in terms of meaningful concept

a)

metaphors

b)

contradictions

c)

metonyms

d)

tautologies

37.

the phrases that cannot be predicted based on the meanings of individual words

a)

idiosyncratic phrases

b)

idiotic phrases

c)

idiomatic phrases

d)

identifiable phrases

38.

words or expressions that have the same meaning

a)

synonyms

b)

antonyms

c)

autoantonyms

d)

contranyms

39.

alive/dead are an example of

a)

gradable antonyms

b)

complementary antonyms

c)

contrantonyms

d)

grey anatomyms

40.

inferences that may be drawn from an utterance based on context

a)

suppletions

b)

referents

c)

implicatures

d)

caricatures

41.

properties that are part of the word meanings and reflect our knowledge of what the words mean

a)

situational truths

b)

syntactic features

c)

semantic features

d)

phrasal constituents

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