language and linguistics MCQs – Page 11

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language and linguistics Mcqs

201. 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

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

B. Three

C. Two

D. Four

203. The following sound influencing the preceding one is an instance of __________ assimilation?
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A. Progressive

B. Reciprocal

C. Regressive

D. None of the above

204. The Ding__Dong theory of the origin of language was advanced by_______________?
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A. Noire

B. Max__Muller

C. Otto Jepersen

D. Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget

205. _________ is the process by which one speech sound gets changed to another under the influence of another ?
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A. Progression

B. Assimilation

C. Regression

D. Onomatopoeia

206. The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time is called________________?
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A. Onomatopoeic

B. Synchronic

C. Semiotic

D. Diachronic

207. /h/ in the word he is a __________ sound?
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A. Alveolar

B. Velar

C. Palatal

D. Glottal

208. The present__tense form of the verb read and its past__tense which is pronounced as red is an example of _____________?
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A. Allophones

B. Homographs

C. Homonyms

D. Homophones

209. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of human instinct to imitate sounds _______________?
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A. Ding Dong theory

B. The Bow-vow theory

C. The Gesture theory

D. The Pooh-pooh theory

210. ____________________are gliding sounds during the articulation of which, the speech organs glide from one vowel position to another ?
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A. Minimal pairs

B. Semi__vowels

C. Triphthongs

D. Diphthongs

211. Sounds articulated with the tip of the tongue or the blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge are called _________?
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A. Bilabial

B. Labio__dental

C. Alveolar

D. Dental

212. Sounds articulated by the lower lip placed against the upper teeth are called________ ?
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A. Bilabial

B. Alveolar

C. Dental

D. Labio__dental

213. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of the involuntary exclamations of pain, surprise, pleasure or wonder_________________?
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A. The Pooh__pooh theory

B. The Bow__vow theory

C. Ding Dong theory

D. The Gesture theory

214. Which among the following is not a branch of linguistics ?
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A. Semantics

B. Morphology

C. Philology

D. Phonology

215. Which among the following is an exception to the property of arbitrariness of language ?
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A. Homonyms

B. Onomatopoeia

C. Portmanteau

D. Homophones

216. Language is never statiC. It goes on changing. This property of language is called______________ ?
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A. Dynamic

B. TransferencE

C. Displacement

D. Recursiveness

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