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Practise multiple-choice questions from english literature for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

english literature Mcqs

1. introduction to literary theory 2. miscellaneous literature 3. famous playwright poet and others 4. introduction to literary studies 5. cultural and literary in modernity 6. ages era period 7. cultural and literary english renaissance 8. modern poetry and poetics 9. medieval literature and culture 10. african american literature 11. the gothic novel 12. american literature 13. language and linguistics 14. english romantic poetry 15. literary theory and criticism 16. cultural and literary 18th 19th centuries

6781. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as ordinary statements ?
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A. The fall__rise

B. The falling

C. The rising

D. None of the above

6782. Stress is used for the sake of ______________?
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A. Loudness

B. Double meaning

C. None of the above

D. Emphasis

6783. ____________is a monosyllabic vowel combination of a diphthong and a the weak vowel?
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A. Triphthong

B. Triaphone

C. Triaphthong

D. Triology

6784. Words which represent the sounds of their referents are called___________________?
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A. Onomatopoeia

B. Clipping

C. Portmanteau

D. Metanalysis

6785. ______________________ is the device used in modern linguistics for grouping together words and phrases so as to remove ambiguity of construction?
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A. All the abovE.

B. Transformational Generative grammar

C. The phrase structure Grammar

D. Immediate Constituent Analysis

6786. The two great linguists who have contributed much to frame the device of Immediate Constituent analysis are__________________?
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A. Edward Sapir & Ferdinand de Saussure

B. Leonard Bloomfield & Noam Chomsky

C. Max__Muller & Herman Gundert

D. Leonard Bloomfield & Max__Muller

6787. The form dog is a __________morphemE?
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A. None of these

B. Free variation

C. Bound morpheme

D. A free morpheme

6788. Which among the following does not constitute the scientific nature of linguistics_____________?
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A. Determination of causal relationship between facts

B. Chronological presentation of data

C. Verification, validation and generalization.

D. Systematic gathering and analysis of data

6789. ______________are sounds articulated in the glottis ?
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A. Palatal

B. None of the above

C. Velar

D. Glottal

6790. How many nasal sounds are there in the English Language ?
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A. Four

B. Two

C. Three

D. Five

6791. Which among the following is an example acronym ?
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A. Buzz

B. Smog

C. UNESCO

D. Edit

6792. ________________are also called secondary phonemes?
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A. Suprasegmentals

B. Allophones

C. Allomorphs

D. Morphemes

6793. The r in red is articulated as a______________?
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A. Lateral

B. Frictionless continuant

C. Trill

D. Semi__vowel

6794. ______________refers to the linguistic norm specific to a geographical area, social class or status affecting mutual intelligibility ?
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A. Dialect

B. Slang

C. Register

D. Idiolect

6795. ____________________are also called prosodic features?
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A. Morphemes

B. Allomorphs

C. Suprasegmentals

D. Allophones

6796. ______________ is the system of phonetic notation composed of symbols and letters devised by the International Phonetic Association?
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A. The international phonemic script

B. The intelligible phonetic script.

C. The international phonetic alphabet

D. The international phonetic script

6797. __________are produced involving the tip of the tongue and the back part of the teeth ridgE ?
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A. Palate__alveolar

B. Velar

C. Post__alveolar

D. Palatal

6798. There is no positive relationship between a speech and sounD. This property of language is referred to as____________ ?
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A. TransferencE.

B. Displacement

C. Recursiveness

D. Arbitrariness.

6799. The term ______________is used to designate words which are spelt differently but pronounced alike and which are different in meaning ?
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A. Homophones

B. Homographs

C. Homonyms

D. Allophones

6800. A pair of terms introduced by Noam CHOMSKY in 1965 to describe native speakers intuitions about the grammatical correctness, or otherwise, of sentences.
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A. Both b and c

B. Diachrony/Synchrony

C. Acceptable/Unacceptable

D. N. O. T

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