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Linguistics quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the difference between linguistic competence and linguistic performance? (1 mark)

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2.

What is the relation between phonetic and phonology? (1 mark)

4 lines
3.

What is the relation between lexis and morphology (1 mark)

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4.

What does a linguist do? (1 mark)

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5.

Coinage refers to the invention of new words that cannot be described by any existing word. This invention may be taken from the names of people and places, or of trademarks of products. Give two examples of coinage that you know ___________ (1 mark)

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6.

Why are tone and intonation important in spoken language? (1 mark)

4 lines
7.

What is the difference between voiced and voiceless sound? (1 mark)

4 lines
8.

What is the difference between dental and labio-dental? (1 mark)

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9.

What is the difference between free and bound morpheme, provide with example? (1 mark)

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10.

There are three main characteristics of lexis, what are they? (1 mark)

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11.

According to Hengsomboon’s (1999), how many branches of linguistics?

three four five

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Five

12.

What is applied linguistics?

a)

focuses on the structure of language and relations between linguistic units. This cover phonetics, phonology, lexis, morphology, grammar, syntax and semantics.

b)

studies the relations between language and other fields to solve language related real-life problems.

c)

looks at language overtimes, the development of language and language families.

13.

What does "articulatory phonetics" study?

a)

emphasize the perception of speech sound through the auditory organs from the brain to the ear.

b)

studies the production of speech sound by the vocal organs.

c)

look at the physical characteristics of speech sound waves.

14.

There are two major branches of phonology, what are they?

(a)  

15.

Which sentence is true?

a)

The respiratory system produces the airstream vital for speaking.

b)

The phonatory system deals with the formation of different speech sound.

c)

The articulatory system produces voice. This system is constituted by the larynx and the vocal folds or vocal cord.

16.

What does IPA stand for?

a)

International phonology alphabet

b)

International phonetic alphabet

c)

International phonetic association

17.

What is allophone?

a)

Unit of organization used for sequence of speech sound.

b)

Individual phoneme systems of specific language.

c)

a phonetic variant of phoneme in a particular language.

18.

Syllabus can be divided into two parts, what are the (a)   .

19.

VCC is phonotactic in English, can you give one example of word that consist of VCC_____________.

4 lines
20.

How many morphemes in the word “textbooks”?

a)

2 morphemes

b)

3 morphemes

c)

4 morphemes