language and linguistics MCQs – Page 8

Practise focused language and linguistics questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

language and linguistics Mcqs

141. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in commands_____________?
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A. The falling

B. The fall__rise

C. The rising

D. None of the above

142. ______________________is used to designate words pronounced differently though identically?
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A. Homophones

B. Allophones

C. Homonyms

D. Homographs

143. The or in actor is_________________?
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A. An adjective forming morpheme

B. Possessive morpheme

C. Noun forming morpheme

D. Plural morpheme

144. The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of __________assimilation?
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A. Regressive

B. None of the above

C. Reciprocal

D. Progressive

145. ______________________is a processes of word formation wherein two or more existing words are simply combined ?
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A. Derivation

B. Portmanteau

C. Backformation.

D. Compounding

146. Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and organization of the elements of language ?
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A. Language

B. Parole

C. Competence

D. Both langue and Competence

147. Which among the following is an example for onomatopoeia ?
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A. Buzz

B. edit

C. Smog

D. UNESCO

148. Which among the following is an example for portmanteau__________________?
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A. Smog

B. Buzz

C. UNESCO

D. Edit

149. The term semiotics was introduced by______________?
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A. Charles Sanders Pierce

B. Ferdinand de sauddure

C. Noam Chomsky

D. Edward Sapir

150. The study of language and mind, which has greatly advanced our understanding of the way in which we acquire language is_________?
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A. None of these

B. Psycholinguisctics

C. Biolinguistics

D. Sociolinguistics

151. Words such as black__leg and flash__light are instances of ____________?
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A. Backformation

B. Compounding

C. Derivation

D. Portmanteau

152. The classification of vowels into round vowels and unrounded vowels is based on ________________?
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A. All the abovE.

B. The position of the lips

C. The part of the tongue that is raised

D. The height to which the tongue is raised

153. The initial sound in chair and jam are examples for__________?
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A. Trill

B. Affricates

C. Plosives

D. fricatives

154. /m/ is a ______________consonant?
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A. Bilabial

B. Glottal

C. Bilabial__nasal

D. Velar

155. Sounds articulated by the tip of the tongue placed against the upper teeth are called___________________?
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A. Alveolar

B. Bilabial

C. Dental

D. Labio__dental

156. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in tag questions which imply that the speaker is certain about what is said_____________?
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A. The falling

B. None of the above

C. The rising

D. The fall__rise

157. Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of the individual speaking or writing a given language ?
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A. Language

B. Parole

C. performance

D. Both parole and performance

158. The initial consonant in Young is a __________ sound?
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A. Glottal

B. Velar

C. Palatal

D. Dental

159. Human language is structured at the levels of phonemes and morphemes and at the level of words. This property of language is called_______________?
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A. Recursiveness

B. TransferencE.

C. Displacement

D. Duality of structure

160. Words like Buzz, Hiss, thud etC. which represents the sounds of their referents are known as ___________?
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A. Onomatopoeia

B. Homophones

C. Portmanteau

D. Homonyms

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