6852. The ish in the word childish is ______________?
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A. Plural morpheme

B. An adjective forming morpheme

C. Past morpheme

D. Possessive morpheme

6853. _______ is a term denotes historical perspective for studying language ?
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A. Synchrony

B. Diachrony

C. Both a and b

D. None of these

6855. The classification of vowels into half__close vowels and half__open vowels is based on ________________?
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A. The part of the tongue that is raised

B. All the abovE.

C. The position of the lips

D. The height to which the tongue is raised
6856. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussures Langue and Parole ?
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A. Edward Sapir

B. Charles Sanders Pierce

C. Leonard bloom FileD.

D. Noam Chomsky
6858. The word examination is a ____________word?
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A. Monosyllabic

B. Try syllabic

C. Polysyllabic

D. Disyllabic

6859. The consonant /s/ is called ________ ?
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A. Nasal

B. Semi__vowel

C. Sibilant

D. Lateral

6860. The study of meaning is called________?
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A. Morphology

B. Syntax

C. Semantics

D. Phonology

6865. According to the height to which the tongue is raised, vowels can be classified into __________?
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A. Front vowels & back vowels

B. High vowels & low vowels

C. Round vowels & unrounded vowels

D. Tense vowels &lax vowels

6867. The classification of vowels into high vowels and low vowels is based on ____________?
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A. The height to which the tongue is raised

B. The part of the tongue that is raised

C. All the abovE.

D. The position of the lips

6870. The study of signs is termed as_________?
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A. Semantics

B. Semiotics

C. Parole

D. Paradigmatic

6871. Father of modern linguistics is ________?
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A. Noam Chomsky

B. Ferdenand De Sassure

C. None of these

D. Both A and B

6872. Words such as edit and house__keep are instances of ____________?
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A. Compounding

B. Portmanteau

C. Derivation

D. Backformation
6873. Which among the following are the main properties of grammar ?
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A. To predict all and the only possible grammatical sentences of a language

B. To account by its rules for the infinite sentences of a language

C. All the above.

D. To be explicit about the grammaticality of sentences

6874. Phonemes which effect meaning change in the same linguistic environment are said to be in ____________?
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A. None of the abovE.

B. Complementary distribution

C. Contrastive distribution

D. Non__contrastive distribution

6876. The ing in sleeping is an example of ____________?
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A. None of these

B. Bound morpheme

C. A free morpheme

D. Free variation

6877. The substitution of the aspirated /k/ for the un__aspirated /k/ in the word sky does not alter the meaning of the worD. It is an instance of ______________ ?
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A. Complementary distribution

B. Non__complementary distribution

C. Contrastive distribution

D. None of the above

6879. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in commands_____________?
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A. The falling

B. The fall__rise

C. The rising

D. None of the above

6881. The or in actor is_________________?
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A. An adjective forming morpheme

B. Possessive morpheme

C. Noun forming morpheme

D. Plural morpheme

6887. The term semiotics was introduced by______________?
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A. Charles Sanders Pierce

B. Ferdinand de sauddure

C. Noam Chomsky

D. Edward Sapir

6889. Words such as black__leg and flash__light are instances of ____________?
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A. Backformation

B. Compounding

C. Derivation

D. Portmanteau

6890. The classification of vowels into round vowels and unrounded vowels is based on ________________?
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A. All the abovE.

B. The position of the lips

C. The part of the tongue that is raised

D. The height to which the tongue is raised

6892. /m/ is a ______________consonant?
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A. Bilabial

B. Glottal

C. Bilabial__nasal

D. Velar

6899. Which among the following is not a characteristic feature of language ?
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A. Language is instinctive.

B. Language is arbitrary

C. Language is dynamic

D. Language is systematic