english literature MCQs – Page 347

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6921. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in W.Hquestions ?
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A. The rising

B. None of the above

C. The falling

D. The fall__rise

6922. The different concrete phonetic variation of the same phoneme are called______________?
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A. Allophones

B. Homonyms

C. Homophones

D. Homographs

6923. The language variety which has certain features which are typical of certain disciplines, topics, fields, occupations and social roles played by the speaker, is called________________ ?
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A. Dialect

B. Slang

C. Register

D. Idiolect

6924. It is possible to write down spoken language and read aloud the written material. This property of language is called______________ ?
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A. Recursiveness

B. Displacement

C. Transference.

D. Duality of structure

6925. The Yo__He__Ho Theory of the origin of language was advanced by ____________?
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A. Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget

B. Max__Muller

C. Otto Jepersen

D. Noire
6926. The words denoting the colour red and the past__tense of the verb read ; right and write; and site and sight are examples for________________?
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A. Homophones

B. Allophones

C. Homonyms

D. Homographs

6927. /p/, /b/, /m/ and /w/ are____________?
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A. Dental;

B. Glottal

C. Velar

D. Bilabial
6928. Which among the following does not constitute the general methodology of science ?
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A. Controlled observation

B. Analysis, generalization and prediction

C. Speculation

D. Hypothesis formulation

6929. ______________refers to an individuals equal and native command of two or more languages?
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A. Multilingualism

B. Bilingualism

C. Poly__glotism

D. None of the above

6930. How many nasal sounds are there in the Malayalam language ?
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A. Four

B. Five

C. Three

D. Two

6931. _______________is the discipline where the methodological perspectives of both linguistics and sociology converges ?
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A. Socio__linguistics

B. Linguistics of sociology

C. None of these

D. Sociology of linguistics

6932. Who defined language as a set or (finite or infinite) sentences, each finite in length and constructed out of a finite set of elements ?
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A. None of the above

B. Noam Chomsky

C. Edward Sapir

D. Ferdinand de Saussure

6933. ________________is the totality of the speech habits of an individual?
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A. Register

B. Slang

C. Idiolect

D. Dialect

6934. Using a finite set of rules a speaker can produce innumerable grammatical utterances. This property of language is called______________?
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A. TransferencE

B. Recursiveness

C. Displacement

D. Duality of structure

6935. The voiced sound /z/ denoting the plural morpheme in the word dogs is an instance of ________________assimilation?
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A. Progressive

B. reciprocal

C. none of the abovE

D. Regressive

6936. The theory which Is based upon the assumption that language has been formed from the words uttered by groups of persons engaged in joint burdensome labour ?
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A. The Gesture theory

B. The Yo__He__Ho Theory

C. Ding__Dong theory.

D. The Poo__Pooh theory

6937. Certain morphemes have more than one meaning and can be understood in more than one way. They are called ______________?
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A. Homographs

B. Homophones

C. Homonyms

D. Allophones

6938. The consonant /l/ is called ____________?
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A. Nasal

B. Semi__vowel

C. Sibilant

D. Lateral
6939. Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Competence and Performance ?
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A. Noam Chomsky

B. Edward Sapir

C. Ferdinand de Saussure

D. Charles Sanders Pierce

6940. Assimilation is mainly of ____________ types?
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A. Only one

B. Three

C. Two

D. Four