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language and linguistics Mcqs

51. ______________are sounds articulated in the glottis ?
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A. Palatal

B. None of the above

C. Velar

D. Glottal

52. How many nasal sounds are there in the English Language ?
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A. Four

B. Two

C. Three

D. Five

53. Which among the following is an example acronym ?
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A. Buzz

B. Smog

C. UNESCO

D. Edit

54. ________________are also called secondary phonemes?
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A. Suprasegmentals

B. Allophones

C. Allomorphs

D. Morphemes

55. The r in red is articulated as a______________?
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A. Lateral

B. Frictionless continuant

C. Trill

D. Semi__vowel

56. ______________refers to the linguistic norm specific to a geographical area, social class or status affecting mutual intelligibility ?
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A. Dialect

B. Slang

C. Register

D. Idiolect

57. ____________________are also called prosodic features?
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A. Morphemes

B. Allomorphs

C. Suprasegmentals

D. Allophones

58. ______________ is the system of phonetic notation composed of symbols and letters devised by the International Phonetic Association?
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A. The international phonemic script

B. The intelligible phonetic script.

C. The international phonetic alphabet

D. The international phonetic script

59. __________are produced involving the tip of the tongue and the back part of the teeth ridgE ?
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A. Palate__alveolar

B. Velar

C. Post__alveolar

D. Palatal

60. There is no positive relationship between a speech and sounD. This property of language is referred to as____________ ?
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A. TransferencE.

B. Displacement

C. Recursiveness

D. Arbitrariness.

61. The term ______________is used to designate words which are spelt differently but pronounced alike and which are different in meaning ?
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A. Homophones

B. Homographs

C. Homonyms

D. Allophones

62. A pair of terms introduced by Noam CHOMSKY in 1965 to describe native speakers intuitions about the grammatical correctness, or otherwise, of sentences.
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A. Both b and c

B. Diachrony/Synchrony

C. Acceptable/Unacceptable

D. N. O. T

63. According to the part of the tongue that is raised, vowels can be classified into__________?
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A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels

B. High vowels & low vowels

C. Front vowels & back vowels

D. Tense vowels &lax vowels

64. There are ______ vowel sounds in English IPA.
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A. 21

B. 22

C. 19

D. 20

65. The classification of vowels into half__high vowels and half__low vowels is based on ________________?
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A. All the abovE.

B. The height to which the tongue is raised

C. The position of the lips

D. The part of the tongue that is raised

66. Chomsky developed Transformational-Generative Grammar in________?
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A. 1951

B. 1950

C. 1953

D. 1952

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

B. Bilingual

C. Poly__langual

D. Poly__lingual

68. ________ is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme ?
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A. Syllable

B. Pitch.

C. Intonation

D. Stress

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

B. Edward Sapir

C. Ferdinand de Saussure

D. Noam Chomsky

70. The /d/ in middle is an instance of __________________?
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A. Nasal plosion

B. Lateral plosion

C. Incomplete plosion.

D. Alveolar plosion

71. The consonants /j/ and /w/ are called__________?
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A. Sibilants

B. Trills.

C. Semi__vowels

D. Laterals

72. Competence is a term to describe the knowledge possessed by native users of a language which enables them to speak and understand their language fluently was introduced by________?
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A. Noam Chomsky

B. None of these

C. Sassure

D. Enoch Powel

73. A collection of similar Idiolect make up ______________?
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A. Dialect

B. Slang

C. Idiolects

D. Register

74. The final /n/ in the words sudden and mutton are __________________?
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A. Suffixes

B. Syllabic consonants

C. None of the above

D. Sibilants

75. ______________is the scientific study of language ?
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A. linguistics

B. Phonology

C. Philology

D. Phonetics

76. _____________________is a processes of word formation whereby new words are formed by subtracting a root by deleting final syllable which is misunderstood as a suffix?
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A. Backformation.

B. Derivation

C. Compounding

D. Portmanteau

77. Morphology is the branch of linguistics which deals with
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A. The study of the structure of sounds and symbols.

78. Words composed of two or more elements that are identical or slightly different are called____________?
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A. Conversion

B. Compounding

C. Re__duplicates

D. Acronym

79. The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and juncture are called ______________?
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A. Secondary phonemes

B. All the above.

C. Supra__segmental phonemes

D. Prosodic features

80. In the pronunciation of the word ink the alveolar /n/ becoming a velar sound is an instance of ____________?
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A. Progressive

B. None of the above

C. Reciprocal

D. Regressive

81. In which of the following words, is the sound /k/ aspirated ?
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A. Kill

B. Skill

C. Skit

D. Skin

82. The /k/ in kill and skill are ________________?
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A. Morpheme variants

B. Minimal pairs

C. Allophones

D. Allomorphs

83. Words such as UNESCO and RADAR are instances of ____________?
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A. Conversion

B. Acronym

C. Re__duplicates

D. Compounding

84. The classification of vowels into close vowels and open vowels is based on ________________?
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A. All the above.

B. The position of the lips

C. The height to which the tongue is raised

D. The part of the tongue that is raised

85. The phonemes which do not occur in the same linguistic environment and which when occur so, do not bring about a change in meaning are said to be in __________?
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A. None of the abovE.

B. Non__complementary distribution

C. Contrastive distribution

D. Complementary distribution

86. The en in strengthen is a __________?
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A. An adjective forming morpheme

B. Possessive morpheme

C. Verb forming morpheme

D. Plural morpheme

87. The older term used to designate the study of languages is____________?
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A. Philology

B. Semiology

C. Haplology

D. Phonology

88. The s in she sings well is ____________?
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A. An adjective forming morpheme

B. Morpheme signaling third person singular.

C. Plural morpheme

D. Possessive morpheme

89. ______________________is a processes of word formation by which new words are formed by attaching prefixes or suffixes to the base form?
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A. Portmanteau

B. Derivation

C. Compounding

D. Backformation

90. According to the position of lips vowels can be divided into__________?
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A. Tense vowels &lax vowels

B. Round vowels & unrounded vowels

C. High vowels & low vowels

D. Front vowels & back vowels

91. ______________is concerned with the selection and organization of speech sounds in a language?
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A. Morphology

B. Semantics

C. Phonology

D. Syntax

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

B. Allophones

C. Minimal pairs

D. Allomorphs

93. In transformational Generative Grammar, the Generative means______________?
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A. to produce

B. to predict

C. All the above

D. to develop

94. Words with more than three syllables are called __________words?
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A. Multisyllabic

B. Try syllabic

C. Disyllabic

D. Polysyllabic

95. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in polite requests________________?
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A. The rising

B. The fall__rise

C. The falling

D. None of the above

96. The /t/ in little is an instance of __________________?
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A. Alveolar plosion

B. Nasal plosion

C. Incomplete plosion.

D. Lateral plosion

97. ______________________is a processes of word formation wherein new words are coined by combining the segments of two different existing words?
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A. Derivation

B. Compounding

C. Portmanteau

D. Backformation.

98. Syllables in which the consonant functions as nucleus are called________?
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A. None of the above

B. Suffixes

C. Sibilants

D. Syllabic consonants

99. Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used to indicate that the speaker implies things which are not explicitly expressed____________?
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A. None of the above

B. The falling

C. The rising

D. The fall__rise

100. Which among the following pairs are Alveolar plosives ?
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A. /m/ & /v/

B. /p/ & /b/

C. /k/ & /g/

D. /t/ &/d/

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