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lingvistika 1-100

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Language is a type of patterned ________

a)

human behavior

b)

human social situations

c)

linguistic analysis

d)

linguistic theory

e)

human participant

2.

Find the definition of "general linguistics"

a)

a practice-oriented linguistic approach that seeks to describe the differences and similarities between a pair of languages

b)

a study of the phenomena, historical changes, and functions of language without restriction to a particular language or to a particular aspect of language

c)

the application of linguistic knowledge, methods, and insights to the forensic context of law, language, crime investigation, trial, and judicial procedure

d)

the branch of linguistics concerned with practical applications of language studies, for example language teaching, translation, and speech therapy

e)

a study of the relationships or correspondences between two or more languages and techniques used to discover whether the languages have a common ancestor

3.

What is language?

a)

all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation

b)

the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex

c)

a system of communication which consists of a set of sounds and written symbols which are used by the people of a particular country or region for talking or writing

d)

the study of the origin and history of words, or a study of this type relating to one particular word

e)

the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words

4.

What is a language behavior?

a)

is the science-based use of language to persuade

b)

is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language

c)

is the study of language, speech units in terms of its constituent parts, content function and other features

d)

is the set of observable verbal utterances related to a person in certain situations

e)

a study of the phenomena, historical changes, and functions of language without restriction to a particular language or to a particular aspect of language

5.

How many substances are there?

a)

five

b)

ten

c)

six

d)

seven

e)

two

6.

What is phonology?

a)

the science of speech sounds including especially the history and theory of sound changes in a language or in two or more related languages

b)

he study of the internal structure of words and forms a core part of linguistic study today

c)

the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence

d)

the study of the meaning of words, phrases and sentences

e)

the study of how context contributes to meaning

7.

Find the definition of term "graphology"

a)

the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence

b)

the study of handwriting especially for the purpose of character analysis

c)

the study of the internal structure of words and forms a core part of linguistic study today

d)

the study of the meaning of words, phrases and sentences

e)

the study of how context contributes to meaning

8.

The relationship between graphology and graphic substance is called ________

a)

phonologic meaning

b)

morphologic meaning

c)

graphetic meaning

d)

psychologic meaning

e)

semantic meaning

9.

Find the definition of term "context"

a)

a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them

b)

an assembly or meeting for consultation, advice, or discussion

c)

a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics

d)

is the interlevel relating grammar/lexis and situa- tion, indicated by the dashed line on the right of the above diagram.

e)

a statement that tells you how something or someone looks, sounds

10.

In English grammar we set up a hierarchy of how many units?

a)

10

b)

13

c)

21

d)

11

e)

5

11.

What is the most basic unit of a language called?

a)

phoneme

b)

letters

c)

grapheme

d)

morpheme

e)

all of them

12.

What is the study of languages?

a)

phonetics

b)

linguistics

c)

syntax

d)

lexicology

e)

semantics

13.

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

a)

phonetics

b)

syntax

c)

semantics

d)

linguistics

e)

graphology

14.

Phonetics is the study of the sounds of language. What do we call these sounds?

a)

syntax

b)

morphemes

c)

lexicology

d)

phonemes

e)

graphology

15.

What is the study of language as it pertains to social classes, ethnic groups, and genders?

a)

Psycholinguistics

b)

Comparative linguistics

c)

Linguistics

d)

none of them

e)

Sociolinguistics

16.

______is the process of converting an original or “source” text into a text in another language.

a)

Translation

b)

Etymology

c)

Phonetics

d)

Linguistics

e)

Graphology

17.

____ is the conversion of text from one script to another.

a)

Translation

b)

Transliteration

c)

Transcription

d)

Decoding

e)

Encoding

18.

When a word of the source text is replaced in the target text by a whole group of words that explain a nonexistent notion in the target language, it is called …

a)

compensation

b)

cultural

c)

paraphrase

d)

adaptation

e)

transmutation

19.

What Halliday calls the "formal levels"?

a)

graphology and phonology

b)

situation and language

c)

context and substance

d)

grammar and lexis

e)

none of them

20.

What Halliday calls "grammar and lexis"?

a)

grammar levels

b)

situation levels

c)

phonic levels

d)

all of them

e)

formal levels

21.

In which substance phonology is manifested ?

a)

actual vocal sounds

b)

non-actual vocal marks

c)

non-actual vocal sounds

d)

actual vocal marks

e)

actual visible sounds

22.

In which substance graphology is manifested?

a)

actual vocal marks

b)

actual visible marks

c)

non-actual vocal sounds

d)

non-actual vocal marks

e)

actual visible sounds

23.

Find the translation of sentence "If you do that, you will regret it."

a)

Если вы не сделаете это, то не пожалеете об этом/Егерсізмұныжасамасаңыз, өкінбейсіз

b)

Если вы не сделаете это, то пожалеете об этом/Егерсізмұныжасамасаңыз, өкінесіз

c)

Если вы сделаете это, то пожалеете об этом/Егерсізмұныжасасаңыз, өкінесіз

d)

Если вы сделаете это, то не пожалеете об этом/Егерсізмұныжасасаңыз, өкінбейсіз

e)

no right answer

24.

Find the translation of sentence "Having arrived too late, we missed the start of the concert."

a)

Приехав слишком рано,мы не зашли на концерт/Тымертекелгенненкейінбізконцерткекіргенжоқпыз

b)

Приехав слишком поздно, мы пропустили начало концерта/Тымкешкелгендіктен, концерттіңбасынөткізіпалдық

c)

Приехав слишком поздно,мы зашли на концерт/Кеш келгенненкейінбізконцерткекірдік

d)

Приехав слишком рано,мы пропустили начало концерта/Тымертекелгендіктен, концерттіңбасынөткізіпалдық

e)

no right answer

25.

Find the translation of sentence"All these people who were here last night were friends of mine."

a)

norightanswer

b)

Все эти люди, которые были здесь прошлой ночью, были моими друзьями/Кеше түндеосындаболғанадамдардыңбәріменіңдостарымболды

c)

Все эти дети,которые были здесь прошлым вечером,были моими родственниками/Өткенкештеосындаболғанбалалардыңбәріменіңтуыстарымболды

d)

Все эти девочки,которые были здесь прошлой ночью,были моими подругами/Кеше түндеосындаболғанқыздардыңбәріменіңдостарымболды

e)

Все эти дети,которые были здесь прошлым вечером,были детьми мего брата/Өткенкештеосындаболғанбалалардыңбарлығыменіңағамныңбалаларыболды

26.

Through what freelance translators and agencies increase translation speed?

a)

TM software

b)

TM hardware

c)

CAT tool

d)

KAT tool

e)

none of them

27.

What type of translation does the article refer to?

a)

technical

b)

scientific

c)

legal

d)

certified

e)

literary

28.

What type of translation does the marital agreement refer to?

a)

technical

b)

scientific

c)

certified

d)

literary

e)

no right answer

29.

What type of translation does the poems refer to?

a)

legal

b)

scientific

c)

technical

d)

literary

e)

certified

30.

What type of translation does the divorce settlements refer to?

a)

none of this

b)

technical

c)

scientific

d)

literary

e)

certified

31.

What type of translation does the instruction leaflets refer to?

a)

technical

b)

literary

c)

certified

d)

scientific

e)

all of them

32.

What type of translation does the manuals refer to?

a)

literary

b)

technical

c)

certified

d)

scientific

e)

no right answer

33.

What type of translation does the theses refer to?

a)

literary

b)

technical

c)

scientific

d)

certified

e)

legal

34.

How many types of interpreting are there in total?

a)

one

b)

six

c)

four

d)

three

e)

five

35.

How many main types of translation are there in total?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

9

d)

7

e)

5

36.

A translation process involves minimally two languages commonly known as_________

a)

Source Language and Target Language

b)

First Language and Second Language

c)

Initial Language and Target Language

d)

First Text and Second Text

e)

Initial Language and Final Language

37.

Where "text" might have been expected is called ___________

a)

written material

b)

textual material

c)

oral material

d)

teaching material

e)

all of them

38.

The central problem of translation- practice is that of finding _____________

a)

SL lexis

b)

SL grammar

c)

TL translation equivalents

d)

TL graphology

e)

all of them

39.

A good translation is a translation that provides an __________ message of the SL text in the target language.

a)

opposite

b)

irrelevant

c)

wrong

d)

equivalent

e)

right

40.

How many categories are there in translation?

a)

five

b)

seven

c)

six

d)

eight

e)

three

41.

What type of translation is rendering into the target language non-literary texts, the main purpose of which is to convey a certain amount of ideas, to inform the reader?

a)

Informative translation

b)

Literary translation

c)

Word-for-word translation

d)

Free translation

e)

Technical translation

42.

What type of translation does the official diplomatic papers refers to?

a)

literary translation

b)

informative translation

c)

technical translation

d)

scientific translation

e)

certified translation

43.

What is another name of newspaper materials?

a)

theses

b)

metaphors

c)

periodicals

d)

papers

e)

scripts

44.

How many main kinds of oral translation are there?

a)

9

b)

7

c)

5

d)

2

e)

11

45.

In what translation the translating starts after the original speech or some part of it has been completed?

a)

scientific translation

b)

simultaneous translation

c)

free translation

d)

literary translation

e)

consecutive translation

46.

In what translation the interpreter is supposed to be able to give his translation while the speaker is uttering the original message?

a)

simultaneous interpretation

b)

consecutive translation

c)

informative translation

d)

word-for-word translation

e)

all of them

47.

What translation deals with works of fiction or poetry whose main function is to make an emotive or visual impression upon the reader?

a)

informative translation

b)

literary translation

c)

scientific translation

d)

certified translation

e)

none of them

48.

What translation use artificial intelligence to automatically translate text from one language to another without human involvement?

a)

all of them

b)

free translation

c)

machine translation

d)

literary translation

e)

oral translation

49.

What translation can move freely up and down the rank-scale?

a)

scientific

b)

literary

c)

informative

d)

unbounded

e)

legal

50.

What translation means that the selection of TL text equivalent is limited at only one rank?

a)

financial

b)

legal

c)

technical

d)

literary

e)

rank-bound

51.

Word-for-word equivalence is example of __________

a)

rank-bound translation

b)

unbounded translation

c)

literary translation

d)

legal translation

e)

informative translation

52.

Morpheme-for-morpheme equivalence is example of __________

a)

literary translation

b)

rank-bound translation

c)

certified translation

d)

administrative translation

e)

unbounded translation

53.

Any TL form which is observed to be the equivalent of a given SL form is ___________

a)

dynamic equivalence

b)

formal correspondence

c)

textual translation equivalent

d)

formal equivalence

e)

none of them

54.

How many levels of equivalence V.Komissarov distinguished?

a)

7 levels

b)

10 levels

c)

13 levels

d)

5 levels

e)

9 levels

55.

Term "dynamic equivalence" was coined by ________

a)

Malmkjaer K.

b)

H.Albir

c)

V.Komissarov

d)

Catford

e)

Eugene Nida

56.

Term "formal equivalence" was coined by __________

a)

Eugene Nida

b)

Catford

c)

H.Albir

d)

V.Komissarov

e)

Malmkjaer K.

57.

Another name of "dynamic equivalence" is __________

a)

formal equivalence

b)

functional equivalence

c)

denotative equivalence

d)

connotative equivalence

e)

pragmatic equivalence

58.

What function makes communicative contact?

a)

informative function

b)

emotive function

c)

phatic function

d)

conative function

e)

poetic function

59.

What function express the speaker’s emotions?

a)

poetic function

b)

informative function

c)

phatic function

d)

emotive function

e)

conative function

60.

What function express one’s will?

a)

poetic function

b)

informative function

c)

phatic function

d)

emotive function

e)

conative function

61.

What function describe language features?

a)

metalingual function

b)

poetic function

c)

informative function

d)

phatic function

e)

conative function

62.

What function makes an aesthetic impact?

a)

informative function

b)

poetic function

c)

phatic function

d)

conative function

e)

emotive function

63.

What function conveys information?

a)

poetic function

b)

conative function

c)

informative function

d)

emotive function

e)

phatic function

64.

On what level the target and the source language sentences manifest grammar transformations?

a)

pragmatic

b)

situational

c)

grammatical

d)

semantic

e)

structural

65.

On what level the source and the target texts can describe the same situation from different angles with different words and structures?

a)

grammatical

b)

pragmatic

c)

lexical

d)

structural

e)

situational

66.

Who defines translation as "that branch of the applied science of language which is specifically concerned with the problem or the fact of the transference of meaning from one set of patterned symbols into another set  of  patterned symbols"?

a)

Dostert

b)

Catford

c)

Eirth

d)

Albir

e)

Komissarov

67.

Relations between one formal item and others in the same language they are ________

a)

contextual relations

b)

formal relations

c)

textual relations

d)

spoken relations

e)

none of them

68.

The relationship of grammatical or lexical items to linguistically relevant elements in the situations in which the items operate as, or in, texts they are __________

a)

formal relations

b)

spoken relations

c)

contextual relations

d)

written relations

e)

none of them

69.

On what level every form of the target sentence is equal, with no variations, to that of the source language sentence?

a)

level of pragmatic equivalence

b)

level of transformational equivalence

c)

level of grammar equivalence

d)

level of formal equivalence

e)

level of lexical equivalence

70.

On what level the set of semes in the source and target sentences is the same, but they are grouped differently and, therefore, are verbalized in different ways and do not have the same syntactic structure?

a)

structural

b)

situational

c)

grammatical

d)

semantic

e)

pragmatic

71.

________________ means the replacement of source language textual material by equivalent target language textual material at only one level.

a)

Restricted translation

b)

Total translation

c)

Full translation

d)

Partial translation

e)

Certified translation

72.

_____________ is when the entire text is submitted to the translating process, every element in the SLT is replaced by a TL materia.

a)

Total translation

b)

Full translation

c)

Restricted translation

d)

Literary translation

e)

Scientific translation

73.

____________ is when some elements of the SLT are left untranslated and simply transferred to, accommodated in, and/or transliterated into the TLT.

a)

Literary translation

b)

Full translation

c)

Partial translation

d)

Total translation

e)

Scientific translation

74.

When the original dialogue audio of a film or TV show is swapped with one of a different language it is _____________

a)

singing

b)

talking

c)

filming

d)

dubbing

e)

exploring

75.

Grammatical translation can be defined as ___________

a)

administrative translation

b)

legal translation

c)

technical translation

d)

total translation

e)

restricted translation

76.

Who defined term "total translation"?

a)

J.C.Catford

b)

V.Komissarov

c)

H.Albir

d)

Jackobson

e)

none of them

77.

Who defined term "restricted translation"?

a)

H.Albir

b)

J.C Catford

c)

V.Komissarov

d)

Jackobson

e)

none of them

78.

Who’s view is that SL and TL texts "have the same meaning" or that "transference of meaning" occurs in translation is untenable?

a)

J.C Catford

b)

Jackobson

c)

J.R.Firth

d)

Dostert

e)

no right answer

79.

___________ are at the "bottom" of the rank scale.

a)

Phonetics

b)

Linguistics

c)

Words

d)

Morphemes

e)

Syllables

80.

____________ is an extension of descriptive linguistics which establishes relations between two or more languages.

a)

none of them

b)

Applied Linguistics

c)

General Phonetics

d)

General Linguistics

e)

Comparative Linguistics

81.

_____________ is the application and extension of general linguistic categories in the description of particular languages.

a)

Descriptive Linguistics

b)

General Phonetics

c)

General Linguistics

d)

Applied Linguistics

e)

no right answer

82.

_____________ is the general theory of how language works.

a)

Descriptive Linguistics

b)

General Linguistics

c)

Applied Linguistics

d)

Comparative Linguistics

e)

General Phonetics

83.

A third type of differentiation in translation relates to the _________

a)

level

b)

morpheme

c)

rank

d)

extent

e)

all of them

84.

Operational instructions, which if followed, can be guaranteed with a high degree of probability to produce a "correct" result, are known as _________

a)

values

b)

phonetics

c)

rules

d)

algorithms

e)

linguistics

85.

___________ points out that there is no essential link between the signified and the signifier, and such arbitrariness determines that languages, particularly those of different language families, differ greatly in form.

a)

David Crystal

b)

Dostert

c)

J.R.Firth

d)

Nida

e)

Saussure

86.

Who noted two different types of equivalence?

a)

E.Nida

b)

Taber

c)

Catford

d)

Voegelin

e)

Marton

87.

An __________ is the language variety used by a particular individual.

a)

accent

b)

idiolect

c)

emphasis

d)

gesture

e)

grimace

88.

A __________ is a a language variety, marked by formal or substantial features relatable to the provenance of a performer or group of performers in one of the three dimensions.

a)

accent

b)

emphasis

c)

dialect

d)

gesture

e)

grimace

89.

___________ variety related to the provenance of the performer, or of the text he has produced, in the time dimension.

a)

Geographical dialect

b)

Regional dialect

c)

all of them

d)

Temporal dialect

e)

Ethnic dialect

90.

__________ variety related to the social class or status of the performer.

a)

Ethnic dialect

b)

Geographical dialect

c)

all of them

d)

Regional dialect

e)

Social dialect

91.

In what year Translation studies began abroad?

a)

1972

b)

1870

c)

1873

d)

1865

e)

1764

92.

Another name of "intralinguistic translation"

a)

transformation

b)

rewording

c)

paraphrasing

d)

transmutation

e)

transcription

93.

Type of code switching in the theory of translation is called __________

a)

transliteration

b)

transcription

c)

transformation

d)

transmutation

e)

none of them

94.

The first demonstration of an MT system took place in _______

a)

1864

b)

1890

c)

1879

d)

1954

e)

1886

95.

The first idea of machine translation is known to have been expressed in _______

a)

1568

b)

1765

c)

1867

d)

1850

e)

1933

96.

Where was the first demonstration of an MT system?

a)

USA

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Russia

e)

Turkey

97.

Into how many groups CAT systems are divided?

a)

four groups

b)

two groups

c)

five groups

d)

ten groups

e)

seven groups

98.

Another name of consecutive interpreters are ______________

a)

simultaneous interpreters

b)

commercial interpreters

c)

linear interpreters

d)

literary interpreters

e)

no right answer

99.

Another name of linear interpreters are ____________

a)

simultaneous interpreters

b)

financial interpreters

c)

technical interpreters

d)

consecutive interpreters

e)

no right answer

100.

Another name of whispered interpreting is ___________

a)

commercial interpreting

b)

compensation

c)

adaptation

d)

business interpreting

e)

chuchotage

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