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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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

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

6882. The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of __________assimilation?
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A. Regressive

B. None of the above

C. Reciprocal

D. Progressive

6883. ______________________is a processes of word formation wherein two or more existing words are simply combined ?
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A. Derivation

B. Portmanteau

C. Backformation.

D. Compounding

6884. Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and organization of the elements of language ?
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A. Language

B. Parole

C. Competence

D. Both langue and Competence

6885. Which among the following is an example for onomatopoeia ?
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A. Buzz

B. edit

C. Smog

D. UNESCO

6886. Which among the following is an example for portmanteau__________________?
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A. Smog

B. Buzz

C. UNESCO

D. Edit

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

6888. The study of language and mind, which has greatly advanced our understanding of the way in which we acquire language is_________?
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A. None of these

B. Psycholinguisctics

C. Biolinguistics

D. Sociolinguistics

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

6891. The initial sound in chair and jam are examples for__________?
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A. Trill

B. Affricates

C. Plosives

D. fricatives

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

B. Glottal

C. Bilabial__nasal

D. Velar

6893. Sounds articulated by the tip of the tongue placed against the upper teeth are called___________________?
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A. Alveolar

B. Bilabial

C. Dental

D. Labio__dental

6894. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in tag questions which imply that the speaker is certain about what is said_____________?
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A. The falling

B. None of the above

C. The rising

D. The fall__rise

6895. Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of the individual speaking or writing a given language ?
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A. Language

B. Parole

C. performance

D. Both parole and performance

6896. The initial consonant in Young is a __________ sound?
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A. Glottal

B. Velar

C. Palatal

D. Dental

6897. Human language is structured at the levels of phonemes and morphemes and at the level of words. This property of language is called_______________?
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A. Recursiveness

B. TransferencE.

C. Displacement

D. Duality of structure

6898. Words like Buzz, Hiss, thud etC. which represents the sounds of their referents are known as ___________?
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A. Onomatopoeia

B. Homophones

C. Portmanteau

D. Homonyms

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

6900. The American pronunciation of the word issue is an instance of ________________type of assimilation?
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A. Reciprocal

B. None of the above

C. Progressive

D. Regressive

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