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Language Development ch 1 review 2022

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A verbal or spoken means of delivering a message is the definition of:

a)

speech

b)

language

c)

communication

2.

A complex and dynamic system of conventional symbols that is used in various modes for thought and expression of ideas is

a)

speech

b)

language

c)

communication

3.

The exchange of information and ideas, needs and desires, between two or more individuals is

a)

speech

b)

language

c)

communication

4.

Codes that are superimposed on speech to signal attitude or emotion are:

a)

paralinguistic cues

b)

metalinguistic skills

c)

nonlinguistic cues

5.

Actions that convey information outside of the language units are:

a)

paralinguistic cues

b)

metalinguistic skills

c)

nonlinguistic cues

6.

Actions that convey information outside of the language units are:

a)

paralinguistic cues

b)

metalinguistic skills

c)

nonlinguistic cues

7.

HOW MANY MAJOR AREAS DOES LANGUAGE HAVE?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

8.

STRUCTURE OF A SENTECE IS GOVERNED BY THE RULES OF ____

a)

PHONOLOGY

b)

MORPHOLOGY

c)

SEMANTICS

d)

SYNTAX

e)

PRAGMATICS

9.

THIS REFERS TO WORD ORDER AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS

a)

PHONOLOGY

b)

MORPHOLOGY

c)

SEMANTICS

d)

SYNTAX

e)

PRAGMATICS

10.

THIS REFERS TO the internal organization of words.

a)

PHONOLOGY

b)

MORPHOLOGY

c)

SEMANTICS

d)

SYNTAX

e)

PRAGMATICS

11.

THIS REFERS TO WORD ORDER AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS

a)

PHONOLOGY

b)

MORPHOLOGY

c)

SEMANTICS

d)

SYNTAX

e)

PRAGMATICS

12.

WHICH TYPE OF MORPHEME IS INDEPENDENT AND CAN STAND ALONE?

a)

INFLECTIONAL

b)

FREE

c)

DERIVATIONAL

d)

BOUND

13.

WHICH TYPE OF morphemes include both prefixes and suffixes; they change whole classes of words.

a)

INFLECTIONAL

b)

FREE

c)

DERIVATIONAL

d)

BOUND

14.

WHICH TYPE OF morphemes are suffixes only; they change the state or increase the precision of the free morpheme.

a)

INFLECTIONAL

b)

FREE

c)

DERIVATIONAL

d)

BOUND

15.

What is the smallest linguistic unit of sound that can signal a difference in meaning?

a)

morpheme

b)

grapheme

c)

phoneme

d)

consonant

16.

How many phonemes are in the English Language?

a)

26

b)

74

c)

43

d)

48

17.

Which type of rules govern the distribution and sequencing of phonemes within a language.

a)

Syntax

b)

Phonology

c)

Semantics

d)

Pragmatics

18.

Which rule system describe which sounds can be employed in various positions in words.

a)

Sequencing rules

b)

Syntactic rules

c)

Distributional rules

d)

Derivational rules

19.

Which rule system determine which sounds may appear in combination and also address the sound modifications made when two phonemes appear next to each other.

a)

Sequencing rules

b)

Syntactic rules

c)

Distributional rules

d)

Derivational rules

20.

An individual’s autobiographical and experiential understanding and memory of particular events is called

a)

world knowledge

b)

world lexicon

c)

personal lexicon

d)

word knowledge

21.

This forms each person’s mental dictionary or thesaurus.

a)

world knowledge

b)

world lexicon

c)

personal lexicon

d)

word knowledge

22.

True or False: speech can be literal, non-literal, or both

a)

true

b)

false

23.

What principle do these terms refer to?

quantity, quality, relation, and manner

a)

Association principle

b)

Exception principle

c)

Cooperation principle

d)

Interaction principle

24.

With regard to pragmatics this refers to the informativeness of each participant’s contribution.

a)

quality

b)

quantity

c)

relation

d)

manner

25.

With regard to pragmatics this is governed by truthfulness and based on sufficient evidence

a)

quality

b)

quantity

c)

relation

d)

manner

26.

With regard to pragmatics, this states that a contribution should be relevant to the topic of conversation

a)

quality

b)

quantity

c)

relation

d)

manner

27.

With regard to pragmatics this means that each participant should be reasonably direct and avoid vagueness ambiguity, and wordiness

a)

quality

b)

quantity

c)

relation

d)

manner