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Introduction to Linguistics

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is the scientific and systematic study of human language.

a)

Linguistics

b)

Classical Linguistics

c)

Functional Linguistics

d)

Theoretical Linguistics

2.

It is a perspective of linguistics which attempts to explain the nature of human linguistics knowledge.

a)

Classical Linguistics

b)

Functional Linguistics

c)

Modern Linguistics

d)

Theoretical Linguistics

3.

It is a perspective of linguistics which confirms the antiquity of old manuscripts of the early printed editions & translations of human language and communication.

a)

Classical Linguistics

b)

Functional Linguistics

c)

Modern Linguistics

d)

Theoretical Linguistics

4.

It is a perspective of linguistics which relates to the development and beginning at the 18th century.

a)

Classical Linguistics

b)

Functional Linguistics

c)

Modern Linguistics

d)

Theoretical Linguistics

5.

It is a perspective of linguistics wherein it is the study of language by using major changes as the parameter of assessment.

a)

Macro Linguistics

b)

Micro Linguistics

c)

Modern Linguistics

d)

Theoretical Linguistics

6.

It is a perspective of linguistics wherein it focuses on the study of minor changes in linguistics such as phonetics, grammar, and internal level of language analysis.

a)

Macro Linguistics

b)

Micro Linguistics

c)

Modern Linguistics

d)

Theoretical Linguistics

7.

It is a perspective of linguistics which regards language to the functions they perform at all levels of language (phonology, semantic, syntactic, & pragmatic).

a)

Classical Linguistics

b)

Functional Linguistics

c)

Modern Linguistics

d)

Theoretical Linguistics

8.

It is a kind of linguistics which involves the study of how one particular language has changed or developed over time.

a)

Classical Linguistics

b)

Diachronic Linguistics

c)

Synchronic Linguistics

d)

Theoretical Linguistics

9.

It is a kind of linguistics which involves the scientific study of comparative languages at a certain period of time without regard to some other periods.

a)

Classical Linguistics

b)

Diachronic Linguistics

c)

Synchronic Linguistics

d)

Theoretical Linguistics

10.

It is the study of the production, physical properties, & perception of the actual sounds realizing the phonemes & of the suprasegmental elements of speech.

a)

Allophones

b)

Phonetics

c)

Phonology

d)

Phones

11.

The sub-field of phonetics which is the most relevant in foreign language teaching because it examines the articulary organs and their role in the production of speech sounds.

a)

Acoustic phonetics

b)

Articulary phonetics

c)

Auditory phonetics

12.

The sub-field of phonetics which deals with the physical properties of speech sounds as they travel through the air in the form of sound waves.

a)

Acoustic phonetics

b)

Articulary phonetics

c)

Auditory phonetics

13.

The sub-field of phonetics which examines the way in which human beings perceive speech sounds through the medium of the ear.

a)

Acoustic phonetics

b)

Articulary phonetics

c)

Auditory phonetics

14.

A type of voicing when the vocal folds are spread apart and the air from the lungs passes between them unimpeded.

a)

Voiced

b)

Voiceless

15.

A type of voicing when the vocal folds are drawn together, the air from the lungs repeatedly pushes them apart as it passes through, creating a vibration effect.

a)

Voiced

b)

Voiceless

16.

A kind of place of articulation that is produced between the two lips (e.g., p, b, m, w).

a)

Alveolar

b)

Bilabials

c)

Dentals

d)

Glottals

17.

A kind of place of articulation that is produced between the upper front teeth and the lower lip (e.g., p, b, m, w).

a)

Alveolar

b)

Bilabials

c)

Dentals

d)

Labiodentals

18.

A kind of place of articulation that is produced between the upper front teeth and the tip of the tongue.

a)

Alveolar

b)

Bilabials

c)

Dentals

d)

Labiodentals

19.

A kind of place of articulation that is produced between the alveolar ridge and the front of the tongue.

a)

Alveolar

b)

Bilabials

c)

Dentals

d)

Labiodentals

20.

A kind of place of articulation that is produced in the post-alveolar region.

a)

Alveolar

b)

Bilabials

c)

Dentals

d)

Post-alveolar

21.

A kind of place of articulation that is produced in the area of the hard palate (e.g., j)

a)

Alveolar

b)

Bilabials

c)

Palatal

d)

Post-alveolar

22.

A kind of place of articulation that is produced in the area of the soft palate or velum (e.g., k, g,)

a)

Palatal

b)

Post-alveolar

c)

Glottals

d)

Velars

23.

A kind of place of articulation that is produced in the glottis (e.g. h).

a)

Palatal

b)

Post-alveolar

c)

Glottals

d)

Velars

24.

These are sounds produced when there is a complete closure in the mouth so that the air is blocked for a fraction of second and then released with a small burst of sound called a plosion which sounds like a small explosion.

a)

Approximants

b)

Fricatives

c)

Nasals

d)

Plosives

25.

These are sounds which meets a closure which is not quite complete. This means that the air is not blocked at any point which causes no explosion.

a)

Approximants

b)

Fricatives

c)

Nasals

d)

Plosives

26.

It resembles plosives except that there is a complete closure in the mouth, but as the velum is lowered the air can escape through the nasal cavity. Though most sounds are produced with the velum raised, the normal position for the velum is lowered, as this is the position for breathing.

a)

Approximants

b)

Fricatives

c)

Laterals

d)

Nasals

27.

These are sounds where the air escapes around the sides of the tongue.

a)

Approximants

b)

Fricatives

c)

Laterals

d)

Plosives

28.

These are sounds where the tongue only approaches the roof of the mouth so that there is not enough obstruction to create any friction.

a)

Approximants

b)

Fricatives

c)

Laterals

d)

Plosives

29.

It is the process of not pronouncing a sound segment that might be present in the deliberately careful pronunciation of a word in isolation.

a)

Blending

b)

Compounding

c)

Elision

d)

Linking

30.

It is the science of word forms.

a)

Morphology

b)

Phonology

c)

Semantics

d)

Syntax

31.

It is a vocabulary item or a unit of the lexicon that we normally find as an entry in the dictionary. It is an uninflected term that we normally find as an entry in the dictionary.

a)

Allophone

b)

Lexeme

c)

Morpheme

d)

Syntactic Word

32.

It is an inflected variant of a lexeme (including the zero-inflection).

a)

Allophone

b)

Morpheme

c)

Phonotactics

d)

Syntactic Word

33.

It is the smallest unit that has meaning and cannot be divided into smaller meaning parts.

a)

Allophone

b)

Lexeme

c)

Morpheme

d)

Syntactic Word

34.

It is a kind of morpheme which constitutes words by themselves.

a)

Bound Morpheme

b)

Derivational Morpheme

c)

Free Morpheme

d)

Inflectional Morpheme

35.

It is a kind of morpheme which is a part of a word (e.g., -er, -ness, -ly, pre-, and un-)

a)

Bound Morpheme

b)

Derivational Morpheme

c)

Free Morpheme

d)

Inflectional Morpheme

36.

Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, & Adverbs are examples of?

a)

Content Words

b)

Function Words

c)

Syntactic Words

37.

Conjuctions, Prepositions, Articles, and Pronouns specify grammatical relations and have little or no semantic content. This is also called?

a)

Content Words

b)

Function Words

c)

Syntactic Words

38.

This is the kind of formation where affixes are all particles attached to the base word either preceding or following it.

a)

Affixation

b)

Derivational Affixation

c)

Inflectional Affixation

39.

It is the process of forming new words by adding affixes.

a)

Affixation

b)

Derivational Affixation

c)

Inflectional Affixation

40.

It is the process of adding some grammatical information about the word, such as the person and number of a finite verb, or whether a noun is plural or not.

a)

Affixation

b)

Derivational Affixation

c)

Inflectional Affixation

41.

It is when a new word is derived from another lexeme with different syntactic category w/o altering its form (e.g., water – to water)

a)

Blending

b)

Clipping

c)

Conversion

d)

Compounding

42.

It happens when two free morphemes are conjoined to form a new word (e.g., blackboard)

a)

Blending

b)

Clipping

c)

Conversion

d)

Compounding

43.

It is when a new word is derived from shortening the already-existing lexeme (e.g., gasoline – gas)

a)

Blending

b)

Clipping

c)

Conversion

d)

Compounding

44.

It is when two words are blended to form a new word (e.g., motor + hotel = MOTEL)

a)

Blending

b)

Clipping

c)

Conversion

d)

Compounding

45.

It is a process in which a kind of reverse affixation takes place.

a)

Back-formation

b)

Derivational Affixation

c)

Inflectional Affixation

d)

Onomatopoeia

46.

It is when a newly formed word depicts the sound it makes.

a)

Back-formation

b)

Derivational Affixation

c)

Inflectional Affixation

d)

Onomatopoeia

47.

It refers to a lexeme that is formed from the initial letters or larger parts of words (SARS – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

a)

Acronyms

b)

Derivational Affixation

c)

Inflectional Affixation

d)

Onomatopoeia

48.

It focuses on how words are put together to create phrases and how phrases are put together to build clauses or bigger phrases, and how clauses are put together to build sentences.

a)

Morphology

b)

Phonology

c)

Syntax

d)

Semantics

49.

It is the study of meaning of words, phrases, and sentences.

a)

Morphology

b)

Phonology

c)

Syntax

d)

Semantics

50.

It is when two or more words with very close meaning are associatively similar.

a)

Antonyms

b)

Hyponymy

c)

Polysemy

d)

Synonyms

51.

It is when two or more words with very close meaning are associatively similar.

a)

Antonyms

b)

Hyponymy

c)

Polysemy

d)

Synonyms

52.

Two or more words with different forms and the same pronunciation.

a)

Hyponymy

b)

Homophones

c)

Homonyms

d)

Polysemy

53.

Two words with the same form that are unrelated in meaning (e.g. mole(on skin) –mole(small animal)

a)

Hyponymy

b)

Homophones

c)

Homonyms

d)

Polysemy

54.

It is when two or more words formed the conflicting meaning.

a)

Antonyms

b)

Hyponymy

c)

Polysemy

d)

Synonyms

55.

It is when the meaning of two related words is integrated within the same hierarchical connections (flower = orchid & rose)

a)

Antonyms

b)

Synonyms

c)

Hyponymy

d)

Polysemy

56.

It is when two or more words with the same form & related meanings can have multiple meanings that are connected with extensions (e.g., HEAD = chairperson, top parts of the body).

a)

Antonyms

b)

Synonyms

c)

Hyponymy

d)

Polysemy

57.

It means referring to something by one of its attributes or by using a related word.

a)

Antonyms

b)

Hyponymy

c)

Metonymy

d)

Polysemy

58.

It is the process of making, writing, editing, compiling, and revising dictionaries (monolingual, bilingual, or specialized).

a)

Lexicography

b)

Morphology

c)

Syntax

d)

Semantics