2751. which of these is magnum opus of chaucer ?
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A. The canterbury tales

B. Parliament of fowls

C. House of fame

D. Troilus and criseyde

2752. A Romantic poet would be LEAST likely to celebrate __________________?
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A. Rationality

B. The imagination

C. Love

D. The natural world

2753. Which among the following does not constitute the scientific nature of linguistics_____________?
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A. Verification, validation and generalization.

B. Determination of causal relationship between facts

C. Chronological presentation of data

D. Systematic gathering and analysis of data

2754. The Cambridge school refers to a group who emerged when ?
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A. The 1900s

B. The 1930s

C. The 1920s

D. The 1960s
2755. The term semiology was introduced by_____________?
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A. Ferdinand de Saussure

B. Noam Chomsky

C. Edward Sapir

D. Charles Sanders Pierce

2756. The initial /l/ and the final /l/ in the word little are___________?
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A. Morpheme variants

B. Allophones

C. Allomorphs

D. Minimal pairs

2757. Find the odd one out____________________?
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A. Ferdinand de Saussure

B. Edward Sapir

C. Herman Gundert

D. Leonard Bloomfield

2760. ______________________ 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. Immediate Constituent Analysis

B. Transformational Generative grammar

C. All the abovE.

D. The phrase structure Grammar

2761. Which Romantic author is the subject of Paul OBriens essay Prophet of the Revolution ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. William Wordsworth

C. Percy Shelley

D. William Blake

2762. Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay Shelleys Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant , argues that Shelleys Oedipus- Tyrannus is important because a_______________?
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A. The poem was incomplete

B. Shelley writes about Byrons sexuality in it

C. Shelley himself dismissed the poem

D. Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it

2764. Which poet would have been most likely to compose a poem examining his own childhood ?
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A. John Keats

B. William Wordsworth

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. Percy Shelley

2765. The dedication of Byrons Don Juan can be best described as ________________?
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A. Sincere and heartfelt

B. Mournful and dark

C. Mocking and satirical

D. Polemic and dry

2767. Which poem by Wordsworth examines writers block ?
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A. The Prelude

B. Lines Written in Early Spring

C. We Are Seven

D. Lines Written a few miles above Tintern Abbey

2768. Which of the following was a key element or aspect of Romantic poetry ?
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A. Engagement with the natural world

B. Rationality

C. Political conservatism

D. Emotional restraint

2769. A neoclassical poet would be most likely to compose a poem celebrating which of the following ideals ?
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A. Passionate love

B. Emotional restraint

C. Communion with the natural world

D. Revolution against tyranny

2771. Morpheme alternants are called________?
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A. None of the above

B. Minimal pairs

C. Allophones

D. Allomorphs
2772. A person who can use two languages is called ________________________?
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A. Duo__langual

B. Duo__lingual

C. Bilingual

D. Biolingual

2773. A person who can use more than two languages_______________?
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A. Multilingual

B. Poly__langual

C. Poly__lingual

D. Bilingual

2774. Semi__vowels are also known as ________________?
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A. Sibilants

B. Approximants

C. Trills

D. Laterals

2775. Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Langue and Parole ?
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A. Charles Sanders Pierce

B. Noam Chomsky

C. Ferdinand de Saussure

D. Edward Sapir

2777. Which poet defines poetry as the expression of the imagination ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. Percy Shelley

C. William Hazlitt

D. William Wordsworth

2778. Paul OBriens essay on Shelley suggests that Shelley was______________?
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A. Fiercely anti-war

B. Not an atheist

C. Suicidal

D. In love with Lord Byron

2779. Which Romantic poet did Shelley consider a close friend ?
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A. William Wordsworth

B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

C. William Blake

D. Lord Byron
2780. /p/, /b/, /m/ and /w/ are____________?
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A. Dental;

B. Bilabial

C. Velar

D. Glottal

2782. Which of the following are Thomas Hardy books ?
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A. The Return of Native

B. Chollttee

C. None of the above

D. The Poor Man and the Lady
2784. chaucers franklin was guilty of which sin ?
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A. Lust

B. Theft

C. Gluttony

D. Corruption

2786. Which of the following sentiments would be LEAST likely in a poem by Lord Byron ?
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A. An expression of love for common man.

B. Dark humor.

C. Mockery toward William Wordsworth.

D. An expression of doubt and angst.

2788. /t/. /d/, /n/, /l/, /s/ are __________________?
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A. Alveolar

B. Post__alvoelar

C. Palatal

D. Dental;

2790. The primary subject of Ode to Psyche is ___________________?
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A. The relationship between art and humanity

B. The possibility of sudden death

C. The expansion of consciousness

D. The death of Byron

2791. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussures Langue and Parole ?
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A. Charles Sanders Pierce

B. Edward Sapir

C. Noam Chomsky

D. Leonard bloom FileD.

2792. Shelleys Hymn to Intellectual Beauty suggests that _________________?
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A. Beauty is missing from the world

B. The source of beauty cannot be known, and that beauty can only be felt

C. Beauty can be understood only through metaphysics

D. Anything that is intellectual cannot be beautiful

2795. 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. Non__complementary distribution

B. Contrastive distribution

C. None of the above

D. Complementary distribution
2796. The final /l/ in the words bottle, cattle and little are examples of _____________ ?
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A. Suffixes

B. Syllabic consonants

C. None of the above

D. Sibilants

2799. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephens relationship with his Irish nationality ?
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A. he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders

B. he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it

C. he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work with national themes

D. he is committed to staying in Ireland