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How do you explain this underlined word:
The writer counted the quires of his manuscript and the leaves.
Verb
Morphological indication: it ends with the suffix -es which is an inflection for present tense
Syntactic indication: it appears after the subject so it's a verb
Semantic indication: it means the action of counting
Noun
Morphological indication: it ends with a suffix -es which is a plural suffix
Syntactic indication: it appears after the determiner "the" which is only used before a noun
Semantic indication: it means something that can be counted
Adverb
Morphological indication: it ends with a suffix -es which is a suffix for adverb
Syntactic indication: it appears after a verb so it must be an adverb that describes manner
Semantic indication: it means how the action of counting is carried out
Which of the following words belong to the same group?
writer
user
inner
foreigner
How many root(s) is/are there in the word "outnumbered"?
1
2
3
4
Which type of affix is "-en" in "driven"?
Inflectional
Derivational
Which type of affix is "-en" in "darken"?
Inflectional
Derivational
Which type of affix is "im-" in "impossible"?
Inflectional
Derivational
Which type of affix is "-al" in "recreational"?
Inflectional
Derivational
Which type of affix is "-er" in the word "developer"?
Inflectional
Derivational
"Any base to which a grammatical (inflectional) affix may be added"
This is a definition of:
Root
Stem
Base
Which of the following 2 structures can be the same part in a word?
Root
Stem
Base
"Any morpheme on which the rest of a word is built".
This is a definition of:
Root
Stem
Base
"Any structure to which an affix is added."
This is a definition of:
Root
Stem
Base
microlinguistics, except
syntax
morphology
pragmatics
semantics
microlinguistics, except
syntax
morphology
pragmatics
semantics
macrolinguistics, except
sociolinguistics
semantics
pragmatics
functional linguistics
Sociolinguistics studies
The language as a human faculty
The branches of linguistics
The relationship between language and society
What is neurolinguistics?
Is the study of how language is represented in the brain.
Is the language of neurons.
A and B are correct.
It is concerned with everything that pertains in any way to language and languages. It has a broader view.
MICROLINGUISTICS
THEORETICAL
MACROLINGUISTICS
The difference between informative and communicative signals is one of intentionality.
True
False
It is concerned with everything that pertains in any way to language and languages. It has a broader view.
MICROLINGUISTICS
THEORETICAL
MACROLINGUISTICS
Linguistics is a science because...
it makes use of every day language
makes use of technical vocabulary
The difference between informative and communicative signals is one of intentionality.
True
False
Human language is basically and essentially arbitrary.
True
False
The signs of language are basically oral-aural, they are produced by the mouth and received by the ear.
True
False
Language can be defined as a system of communication based on sounds, necessarily written.
True
False
the branches of linguistics that focus on the structure of language
syntax & pragmatics
morphology & phonology
morphology & syntax
syntax & semantics
The tendency to replace exceptions to grammatical patterns/rules with forms that fit the more general pattern is known as
regularization
normalization
coordination
systematization
It's NOT TRUE to say that
languages are always systematic
languages require physiological specialization
grammaticality can only be learned in school
speakers can be creative in their use of language
linguistic competence refers to
one's unconscious linguistic knowledge
the basic linguistic knowledge used in real-life situations
one's ability to produce grammatical language
one's ability to explain how language works
A native speaker is a person
who speaks only one fully-developed language
who speaks a fully-developed language learned naturally from early age
whose language was invariably learned from birth in natural and formal settings
who was borne and raised where their native language is dominant
Syntax is the study of _____________
sound structure
sentence structure
word structure
clause structure
Linguists refer to______
the person who have been studying how language works and is patterned.
the person who have been studying how human body work
the person who have been studying about galaxy
the person who have been studying agriculture
Phonetics is the study of (a)
Linguists is refer to______
the person who have been studying how language works and is patterned.
the person who have been studying how human body work
the person who have been studying about galaxy
the person who have been studying agriculture
The study of how humans acquire the language is....
Sociolinguistics
Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Morphology
The study of how humans acquire the language is....
Sociolinguistics
Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Morphology
The study of meanings of words, phrases, clauses and sentences is....
Pragmatics
Semantics
Morphology
Sociolinguistics
The study of meanings of words, phrases, clauses and sentences is....
Pragmatics
Semantics
Morphology
Sociolinguistics
The study of meaning in context is....
Semantics
Psycholinguistics
Phonetics
Pragmatics
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
Descriptive Grammar
Universal Grammar
Prescriptive Grammar
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
Descriptive Grammar
Universal Grammar
Prescriptive Grammar
The type of grammar that provides rules and tells speaker how they SHOULD use the language.
Descriptive Grammar
Universal Grammar
Prescriptive Grammar
The type of grammar that provides rules and tells speaker how they SHOULD use the language.
Descriptive Grammar
Universal Grammar
Prescriptive Grammar
The study of appropriate languge use in different social contexts.
semantics
phonetics
pragmatics
linguistics
The study of the structure of phrases and sentences
syntax
morphology
phonology
semantics
The study of the structure of phrases and sentences
syntax
morphology
phonology
semantics
The branches of linguistics that focus on the sound system of a language
phonetics & semantics
phonetics & phonology
semantics & syntax
morphology & pragmatics
The branches of linguistics that focus on the meaning of a language
semantics & phonology
semantics & pragmatics
morphology & pragmatics
pragmatics & phonology
the branches of linguistics that focus on the structure of language
syntax & pragmatics
morphology & phonology
morphology & syntax
syntax & semantics
Linguistics focuses on
the study of world languages
the rules and conventions of language
English phonetics
the scientific study of language
Flawless, bigger and sadness are example of …..
Suffix
Preffix
It is an affix that comes before a base morpheme.
Prefix
Affix
Suffix
Base
A dialect is a regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.
True
False
One from many points discusses in "language" is linguistics communication. How does it take place to produce a good communication? Explain briefly.
What does the picture tell you about?
Read the following statement and answer whether it is true or false.
"Pragmatics is a description of how humans form linguistic structures."
True
False
He is the Father of Modern Linguistics.
Benjamin Whorf
Ferdinand de Saussure
Noam Chomsky
Robin Lakoff
Sociolinguistics studies
The language as a human faculty
The branches of linguistics
The relationship between language and society
Syntax is the study of _____________
sound structure
sentence structure
word structure
clause structure
One from many points discusses in "language" is linguistics communication. How does it take place to produce a good communication? Explain briefly.
What does the picture tell you about?
He is the Father of Modern Linguistics.
Benjamin Whorf
Ferdinand de Saussure
Noam Chomsky
Robin Lakoff
Which of the following BEST describes Language?
A system that associates sounds (or gestures) with meanings in a way that uses words and sentences.
It is the scientific study of human language.
Attempts to make practical use of the knowledge derived from general linguistic research
It existed much earlier than writing.
The study of the structure of phrases and sentences
syntax
morphology
phonology
semantics
the branches of linguistics that focus on the structure of language
syntax & pragmatics
morphology & phonology
morphology & syntax
syntax & semantics
What are the labels X, Y, Z in this tree diagram?
X: A,
Y: Aux,
Z: Adv
X: A,
Y: V,
Z: A
X: NP,
Y: VP,
Z: Adv
X: N,
Y: V,
Z: A
What is the label X in this tree diagram?
Num
V
Det
A
Which is the correct phrase structure rule (PSR) of:
three fat cats
NP -> Num A N
VP -> V NP
NP -> Det A N
S -> NP VP
Linguistics focuses on
the study of world languages
the rules and conventions of language
English phonetics
the scientific study of language
The branches of linguistics that focus on the sound system of a language
phonetics & semantics
phonetics & phonology
semantics & syntax
morphology & pragmatics
Linguistics focuses on
the study of world languages
the rules and conventions of language
English phonetics
the scientific study of language
How speech is produced and perceived is the study of ........
Phonetics
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
The study about language formation is called.....
Phonetics
Semantics
Morphology
Syntax
How word is combined into larger unit is the focus of .........
Phonetics
Semantics
Stylistics
Syntax
The branch of linguistics that investigate the influence of context in language meaning is called ........
Semantics
Syntax
Pragmatics
Morphology
The branch of linguistics that focuses on studying how language is employed in literary works is called......
Sociolinguistics
Psycholinguistics
Stylistics
Semiotics
The branch of linguistics that investigate the influence of context in language meaning is called ........
Semantics
Syntax
Pragmatics
Morphology
The branch of linguistics that studies about the effect of mental processes in language performance is ...........
Phonetics
Syntax
Semantics
Psycholinguistics
Each element in a language is explained by reference to its function in total linguistics system. This theory is proposed by .........
Plato
De Saussure
Noam Chomsky
Michael Halliday
The most influence figure in Traditional Linguistics is .......
Plato
De Saussure
Noam Chomsky
Michael Halliday
Linguistics becomes science is marked by the emerge of ........
Panini Grammar
Speculative Grammarians
Historical Comparative Linguistics
Functional Grammar
Speculative Grammarians is emerged in ............ period.
Ancient Grammarians
Middle Ages
The Nineteenth Century
Traditional Era
The followings are the figures in Ancient Grammarian, except ....
Plato
Aristotle
Varro
Cratylus
Which one is true about the developmental period of linguistics.......
Traditional- Structural- Ancient Grammarian- TGG Functional
Functional Grammar- TGG- Structural- Ancient Grammarian
Ancient Grammarians- Structural- TGG- Functional - TGG
Ancient Grammarians - Middle Ages- The 19th Century- Traditional linguistics
The following statements are true about linguistics and linguists, except .......
Linguists are people who can speak many languages
linguistics investigates the structure within a language
linguist also study about the relationship of language and society.
linguistics is a science
'linguistics' term begins to be used in .........
1900
1837
1765
1990
'Innate' theory in language is proposed by ...........
B F Skinner
Leonard Bloomfield
Noam Chomsky
Michael Halliday
There is no specific motivation in most words of a language. It means that language is ........
Displacement
Stimulus-Freedom
Open-endedness
Arbitrary
By using language, human can produce limitless of lexical unit. It's one of design features of language called...
Displacement
Duality of Patterning
Open-endedness
Arbitrary
By using language, we can tell about our past and future. It is an attribute design of language named ......
Displacement
Duality of Patterning
Open-endedness
Arbitrary
Japanese is an example of ........ writing system.
syllabic
logographic
neographic
alphabetic
The followings are the writing systems used in the world, except.....
logographic
neographic
alphabetic
syllabic
Humans use several modalities in communicating, except ....
verbal
sign
waves
writing
animals communicate for many purposes, except....
finding predators
mating
getting food
threatening others
Animals communicate by using following modes of communication, except .....
Sight
tactic
sense
Hearing
Which one is not included in communication process ?
Encoding
Delivering the medium
Perceptual Processing
Decoding
The followings are the components of communication, except .....
Source
Goal
Message
Act
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).
Antonyms
Synonyms
Hyponymy
Polysemy
It means referring to something by one of its attributes or by using a related word.
Antonyms
Hyponymy
Metonymy
Polysemy
It is the process of making, writing, editing, compiling, and revising dictionaries (monolingual, bilingual, or specialized).
Lexicography
Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
It means referring to something by one of its attributes or by using a related word.
Antonyms
Hyponymy
Metonymy
Polysemy
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).
Antonyms
Synonyms
Hyponymy
Polysemy
It is when the meaning of two related words is integrated within the same hierarchical connections (flower = orchid & rose)
Antonyms
Synonyms
Hyponymy
Polysemy
It is when the meaning of two related words is integrated within the same hierarchical connections (flower = orchid & rose)
Antonyms
Synonyms
Hyponymy
Polysemy
It is when two or more words formed the conflicting meaning.
Antonyms
Hyponymy
Polysemy
Synonyms
Two words with the same form that are unrelated in meaning (e.g. mole(on skin) –mole(small animal)
Hyponymy
Homophones
Homonyms
Polysemy
Two or more words with different forms and the same pronunciation.
Hyponymy
Homophones
Homonyms
Polysemy
It is when two or more words with very close meaning are associatively similar.
Antonyms
Hyponymy
Polysemy
Synonyms
It is when two or more words with very close meaning are associatively similar.
Antonyms
Hyponymy
Polysemy
Synonyms
It is the study of meaning of words, phrases, and sentences.
Morphology
Phonology
Syntax
Semantics
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.
Morphology
Phonology
Syntax
Semantics
It is when a newly formed word depicts the sound it makes.
Back-formation
Derivational Affixation
Inflectional Affixation
Onomatopoeia
It refers to a lexeme that is formed from the initial letters or larger parts of words (SARS – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
Acronyms
Derivational Affixation
Inflectional Affixation
Onomatopoeia
It is a process in which a kind of reverse affixation takes place.
Back-formation
Derivational Affixation
Inflectional Affixation
Onomatopoeia
It is when two words are blended to form a new word (e.g., motor + hotel = MOTEL)
Blending
Clipping
Conversion
Compounding
It is when a new word is derived from shortening the already-existing lexeme (e.g., gasoline – gas)
Blending
Clipping
Conversion
Compounding
It happens when two free morphemes are conjoined to form a new word (e.g., blackboard)
Blending
Clipping
Conversion
Compounding
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)
Blending
Clipping
Conversion
Compounding
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.
Affixation
Derivational Affixation
Inflectional Affixation
It is the process of forming new words by adding affixes.
Affixation
Derivational Affixation
Inflectional Affixation
This is the kind of formation where affixes are all particles attached to the base word either preceding or following it.
Affixation
Derivational Affixation
Inflectional Affixation
Conjuctions, Prepositions, Articles, and Pronouns specify grammatical relations and have little or no semantic content. This is also called?
Content Words
Function Words
Syntactic Words
It is a kind of morpheme which is a part of a word (e.g., -er, -ness, -ly, pre-, and un-)
Bound Morpheme
Derivational Morpheme
Free Morpheme
Inflectional Morpheme
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, & Adverbs are examples of?
Content Words
Function Words
Syntactic Words
It is a kind of morpheme which is a part of a word (e.g., -er, -ness, -ly, pre-, and un-)
Bound Morpheme
Derivational Morpheme
Free Morpheme
Inflectional Morpheme
It is a kind of morpheme which constitutes words by themselves.
Bound Morpheme
Derivational Morpheme
Free Morpheme
Inflectional Morpheme
It is the smallest unit that has meaning and cannot be divided into smaller meaning parts.
Allophone
Lexeme
Morpheme
Syntactic Word
It is an inflected variant of a lexeme (including the zero-inflection).
Allophone
Morpheme
Phonotactics
Syntactic Word
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.
Allophone
Lexeme
Morpheme
Syntactic Word
It is the science of word forms.
Morphology
Phonology
Semantics
Syntax
It is the process of not pronouncing a sound segment that might be present in the deliberately careful pronunciation of a word in isolation.
Blending
Compounding
Elision
Linking
These are sounds where the tongue only approaches the roof of the mouth so that there is not enough obstruction to create any friction.
Approximants
Fricatives
Laterals
Plosives
These are sounds where the air escapes around the sides of the tongue.
Approximants
Fricatives
Laterals
Plosives
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.
Approximants
Fricatives
Laterals
Nasals
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.
Approximants
Fricatives
Nasals
Plosives
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.
Approximants
Fricatives
Nasals
Plosives
A kind of place of articulation that is produced in the glottis (e.g. h).
Palatal
Post-alveolar
Glottals
Velars
A kind of place of articulation that is produced in the area of the soft palate or velum (e.g., k, g,)
Palatal
Post-alveolar
Glottals
Velars
A kind of place of articulation that is produced in the area of the hard palate (e.g., j)
Alveolar
Bilabials
Palatal
Post-alveolar
A kind of place of articulation that is produced in the post-alveolar region.
Alveolar
Bilabials
Dentals
Post-alveolar
A kind of place of articulation that is produced between the alveolar ridge and the front of the tongue.
Alveolar
Bilabials
Dentals
Labiodentals
A kind of place of articulation that is produced between the upper front teeth and the tip of the tongue.
Alveolar
Bilabials
Dentals
Labiodentals
A kind of place of articulation that is produced between the upper front teeth and the lower lip (e.g., p, b, m, w).
Alveolar
Bilabials
Dentals
Labiodentals
A kind of place of articulation that is produced between the two lips (e.g., p, b, m, w).
Alveolar
Bilabials
Dentals
Glottals
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.
Voiced
Voiceless
A type of voicing when the vocal folds are spread apart and the air from the lungs passes between them unimpeded.
Voiced
Voiceless
The sub-field of phonetics which examines the way in which human beings perceive speech sounds through the medium of the ear.
Acoustic phonetics
Articulary phonetics
Auditory phonetics
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.
Acoustic phonetics
Articulary phonetics
Auditory phonetics
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.
Acoustic phonetics
Articulary phonetics
Auditory phonetics
It is the study of the production, physical properties, & perception of the actual sounds realizing the phonemes & of the suprasegmental elements of speech.
Allophones
Phonetics
Phonology
Phones
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.
Classical Linguistics
Diachronic Linguistics
Synchronic Linguistics
Theoretical Linguistics
It is a kind of linguistics which involves the study of how one particular language has changed or developed over time.
Classical Linguistics
Diachronic Linguistics
Synchronic Linguistics
Theoretical Linguistics
It is a perspective of linguistics which regards language to the functions they perform at all levels of language (phonology, semantic, syntactic, & pragmatic).
Classical Linguistics
Functional Linguistics
Modern Linguistics
Theoretical Linguistics
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.
Macro Linguistics
Micro Linguistics
Modern Linguistics
Theoretical Linguistics
It is a perspective of linguistics wherein it is the study of language by using major changes as the parameter of assessment.
Macro Linguistics
Micro Linguistics
Modern Linguistics
Theoretical Linguistics
It is a perspective of linguistics which relates to the development and beginning at the 18th century.
Classical Linguistics
Functional Linguistics
Modern Linguistics
Theoretical Linguistics
It is a perspective of linguistics which confirms the antiquity of old manuscripts of the early printed editions & translations of human language and communication.
Classical Linguistics
Functional Linguistics
Modern Linguistics
Theoretical Linguistics
It is a perspective of linguistics which attempts to explain the nature of human linguistics knowledge.
Classical Linguistics
Functional Linguistics
Modern Linguistics
Theoretical Linguistics
It is the scientific and systematic study of human language.
Linguistics
Classical Linguistics
Functional Linguistics
Theoretical Linguistics
