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language and linguistics Mcqs
1. The /k/ sound in actand picture is a____________?
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A. Incomplete plosion.

B. Bilabial plosion

C. Nasal plosion

D. Alveolar plosion

2. __________________is the accent on certain words within the a sentence?
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A. None of the above

B. Syntax

C. Semantics

D. Sentence__stress
3. How many stressed are generally marked_____________?
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A. Four

B. Only one

C. Three

D. Two
4. The shortened forms like photo for photograph is an instance of __________________?
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A. Onomatopoeia

B. Metanalysis

C. Portmanteau

D. Clipping
5. __________is a method of word formation whereby on or more syllables are removed from longer words ?
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A. Onomatopoeia

B. Clipping

C. Portmanteau

D. Metanalysis

6. Which among the following dimensions can the vowels in English be classified ?
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A. The position of the lips

B. The height to which the tongue is raised

C. All the abovE.

D. The part of the tongue that is raised

7. A minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language is called__________?
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A. Phoneme

B. Morpheme

C. Syllable

D. Allomorph

8. ________________refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining to sentences?
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A. Stress

B. JuncturE

C. Pitch

D. Intonation
9. The s in boys is ______________?
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A. An adjective forming morpheme

B. Plural morpheme

C. Possessive morpheme

D. Past morpheme

10. /f/and /v/ are______________?
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A. Dental

B. Labio__dental

C. Bilabial

D. Alveolar

11. ______________is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttereD ?
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A. Juncture

B. Pitch

C. Intonation

D. Stress
12. A syllabic division is marked with______________?
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A. A vertical bar

B. A hyphen

C. A slash

D. An arrow mark

13. A person who has the ability to use only one language is called__________?
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A. Monolingual

B. Monologue

C. Monologal

D. None of the above

14. Sounds articulated by two lips are called ____________?
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A. Labio__dental

B. Dental

C. Alveolar

D. Bilabial
15. ______________________is a processes of word formation wherein one or more syllables are removed from an existing long words?
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A. Portmanteau

B. Clipping.

C. Derivation

D. Compounding

16. The final /t/ in walked is ____________?
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A. Past morpheme

B. Plural morpheme

C. Possessive morpheme

D. An adjective forming morpheme

17. __________are articulated by raising the front of the tongue towards the hard palate ?
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A. Post__alveolar

B. Palate__alveolar

C. Velar

D. Palatal
18. How many types of phonetic transcriptions are generally followed ?
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A. None of the above

B. Innumerable

C. Only one

D. Two
19. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in listing the items ?
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A. The falling

B. The fall__rise

C. None of the above

D. The rising

20. According to Longinus, there are ________principle sources of sublime.
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A. Three

B. Five

C. None

D. Six

21. The study of relationships between two or more languages and the investigation whether the common languages have a common ancestor is called___________?
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A. Psycho linguistics

B. Sociolinguistics

C. None of these

D. >Comparative linguistics
22. How many classes of morphemes can be identified in a language ?
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A. Four

B. Two

C. Only one

D. Three

23. The theory of Transformational Generative Grammar is contained in ____________?
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A. Chomskys Syntactic Structures

B. Chomskys Aspects of the theory of Syntax

C. Leonard Bloomfields Language

D. Both a & b
24. Reflections on Language is a book written by Noam Choamsky in__________?
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A. 1976

B. 1977

C. 1988

D. 1975
25. Noam Chomsky was born in _________?
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A. 9-Dec-28

B. December 7, 1928

C. 8-Dec-28

D. 10-Dec-28

26. /f/ and /v/ are called ?
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A. Plosives

B. Trill

C. fricatives

D. Affricates

27. The s in johns is __________?
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A. Plural morpheme

B. Possessive morpheme

C. Past morpheme

D. An adjective forming morpheme

28. Morpheme alternants are called________?
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A. Allophones

B. None of the above

C. Allomorphs

D. Minimal pairs

29. The word bank in on the banks on the river and banks are financial institutions is called a____________?
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A. Allophones

B. Homographs

C. Homophones

D. Homonyms

30. The system of communication within a community.
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A. N. O. T

B. Langue

C. Parole

D. Paradigmatic

31. The two sounds influencing each other and combine to produce a third sound is an instance of ________________assimilation?
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A. reciprocal

B. regressive

C. None of the above

D. Regressive

E. Progressive

32. In its general sense it refers to the creative capacity of language users to produce an endless number of new sentences, in contrast to the communication systems of animals is called ?
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A. Parole

B. Paradigmatic

C. Productivity

D. Langue

33. The theory of Biolinguistics is given by__________?
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A. Enoch Powell

B. Ferdenand De Sassure

C. Steven Pinker

D. Noam Chomsky
34. Which among the following pairs are Velar plosives ?
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A. /p/ & /b/

B. /t/ &/d/

C. /m/ & /v/

D. /k/ & /g/
35. The classification of vowels into front vowels and back vowels is based on ________________ ?
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A. All the abovE.

B. The height to which the tongue is raised

C. The part of the tongue that is raised

D. The position of the lips

36. On the basis of the criterion of the state of the tension of the tongue, vowels can be classified into______________?
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A. High vowels & low vowels

B. Front vowels & back vowels

C. Tense vowels &lax vowels

D. Round vowels & unrounded vowels

37. ______________involves a different analysis of the structure of the word by attaching a consonant at the end of a word or a vowel at the beginning of the next word ?
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A. Clipping

B. Portmanteau

C. Onomatopoeia

D. Met analysis
38. Words such as smog and motel are instances of ____________?
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A. Compounding

B. Backformation

C. Derivation

D. Portmanteau
39. Which among the following is not an aim of linguistics_______________?
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A. To propound stories of the origin of language

B. To establish a theory of language

C. To describe a language and all languages

D. To study the nature of language

40. The classification of vowels into front vowels, back vowels and center vowels is based on ________________?
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A. All the abovE.

B. The height to which the tongue is raised

C. The part of the tongue that is raised

D. The position of the lips

41. There are ______ consonant sounds in English IPA.
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A. 23

B. 24

C. 22

D. 25

42. Words such as phone and photo are instances of ____________?
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A. Compounding

B. Portmanteau

C. Derivation

D. Clipping.
43. 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

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

B. Double meaning

C. None of the above

D. Emphasis
45. ____________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

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

B. Clipping

C. Portmanteau

D. Metanalysis

47. ______________________ 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
48. 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

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

B. Free variation

C. Bound morpheme

D. A free morpheme
50. 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