Linguistics focuses on

the branches of linguistics that focus on the structure of language

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

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

The study of the structure of phrases and sentences

Which one of the two developed first: written language or spoken language?

The social interaction theory’s idea is that the sound of a person involved in ------- effort could be a source of our language.

The study of interrelation between linguistic factors and psychological aspects is called___________.

He is considered the godfather of prescriptive grammar.

The study of appropriate languge use in different social contexts.

The type of grammar that provides rules and tells speaker how they SHOULD use the language.

The type of grammar that merely describes the way in which speakers of a language actually use the language, following the mental rules they know

The type of grammar that suggests that all languages follow fairly similar linguistic processes/structures and that there are rules that hold in all languages.

Language can be described in terms of observable and verifiable data as it is being used

Identify the word-formation process:

Philippine Statistics Authority → PSA

Identify the word-formation process:

examination → exam

Identify the word-formation process:

breakfast + lunch = brunch

Identify the word-formation process:

enjoy (v) + able (suffix) = enjoyable (adj)

A word element that can stand alone as a word.

A word element that cannot stand alone as a word.

Change the semantic meaning or part of speech of the impacted word when coupled with a root.

Are used to create a variant form of a word in order to signal grammatical information without changing the meanings.

Morphs that belong to the same morpheme

Can stand on their own as independent words

Never change the form class of the words or morphemes to which they are attached.

Added to root morphemes or stems to derive new words.

Changing the syntactic category of the item to which it is attached

It is a combination of parts of two pre-existing forms

It is a shortened form of a pre-existing forms

Morphology studies ___.

Two examples of Free Morphemes would be ___ and ___.

Which type of morphemes consist of a root and an affix?

Morphology is NOT:

What is a phoneme?

p b t d k g are all examples of...

th sh f s are examples of...

What is a glottal stop?

Which is the correct spelling?

ch (as in church) and dg (as in judge) are...

Choose the correct transcription for 'grab'

Choose the correct transcription for 'stream'

....................are the abstractions of speech unit which differ one meaning from another.

choose the correct transcription for 'went'

Choose the best description for the first sound in the American pronunciation of the word 'teeth.'

Minimal pairs are?

What is phonology?

In languages, letters and sounds are basically the same thing.

Vowels are:

Consonants

1. Which of the following is not a vowel sound in English?

3. In English, which of the following consonants is voiceless?

3. Lips and Teeth are parts of ...

Identify what is the relationship of the words given below:

write / right

Identify what is the relationship of the words given below:

so/ sew

Behaviourist 's characteristics are

According to Socio-cultural theory of learning Grammar should be taught by

The fastest period for language development is

Which theory believes that parents reinforcement helps children to learn appropriate sounds

According to Noam Chomsky, the brain contains a neural system designed for understanding and learning language called the

Which theorist believed that thought comes before language?

Piaget has been criticized for underestimating what factor in language development?

Which one of the following theorists talked about an optimal age of learning language?

You believe that human beings are born with the capacity to acquire language. Your belief aligns with which of the following models?

Which of the following statements is TRUE: According to Piaget, children

What did Vygotsky say social speech was?

In the nature-nurture debate as it applies to language acquisition, Chomsky emphasizes ______

_____- strongly maintains that language is learnt by imitation of stimuli and reinforcement of correct responses.