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Introduction to Linguistic

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Linguistics focuses on

a)

the study of world languages

b)

the rules and conventions of language

c)

English phonetics

d)

the scientific study of language

2.

the branches of linguistics that focus on the structure of language

a)

syntax & pragmatics

b)

morphology & phonology

c)

morphology & syntax

d)

syntax & semantics

3.

The branches of linguistics that focus on the meaning of a language

a)

semantics & phonology

b)

semantics & pragmatics

c)

morphology & pragmatics

d)

pragmatics & phonology

4.

The branches of linguistics that focus on the sound system of a language

a)

phonetics & semantics

b)

phonetics & phonology

c)

semantics & syntax

d)

morphology & pragmatics

5.

The study of the structure of phrases and sentences

a)

syntax

b)

morphology

c)

phonology

d)

semantics

6.

The Egyptian pharaoh experimented the divine source by isolating two newborn babies with dogs and cats.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Linguistics is the study of language related to the human mind including sound speech structure meaning and usage?

a)

true

b)

false

8.

When language is produced, we should care only the competence?

a)

True

b)

false

9.

Eagles to fly five forest the northern in part Paris, from this sentence it is correct by the meaning of competence?

a)

false

b)

true

10.

The limitation of lexical, knowledge might be the obstacle of language priduces.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

When humans produce language correctly by grammatical structure, communicate confidently and appropriate for a specific class of people, it means that they reach the stage of aquisiton

a)

true

b)

false

12.

Linguistics focuses on

a)

the study of world languages

b)

the rules and conventions of language

c)

English phonetics

d)

the scientific study of language

13.

Which of the following statements is not a universal rule?

a)

Every society makes use of at least one language.

b)

All languages can add adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs to their vocabulary repertoire.

c)

All languages contain grammatical rules for the formation of words and sentences

d)

Universal semantic properties include the categories of "female" or "male".

14.

A native speaker is a person

a)

who speaks only one fully-developed language

b)

who speaks a fully-developed language learned naturally from early age

c)

whose language was invariably learned from birth in natural and formal settings

d)

who was borne and raised where their native language is dominant