language and linguistics MCQs – Page 9

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language and linguistics Mcqs

161. Which among the following is not a characteristic feature of language ?
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A. Language is instinctive.

B. Language is arbitrary

C. Language is dynamic

D. Language is systematic

162. The American pronunciation of the word issue is an instance of ________________type of assimilation?
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A. Reciprocal

B. None of the above

C. Progressive

D. Regressive

163. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as questions ?
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A. The falling

B. The fall__rise

C. None of the above

D. The rising

164. The study of the way that sequences of words are ordered into phrases, clauses, and sentences is called____________?
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A. Syntax

B. Semantics

C. Morphology

D. Phonology

165. The final /l/ in the words bottle, cattle and little are examples of _____________ ?
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A. Syllabic consonants

B. None of the above

C. Sibilants

D. Suffixes

166. Semi__vowels are also known as ________________?
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A. Approximants

B. Sibilants

C. Trills

D. Laterals

167. Who defined language as a purely human and noninstinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols ?
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A. Edward Sapir

B. Noam Chomsky

C. None of the above

D. Ferdinand de Saussure

168. ____________articulated by the tip and the blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge with raising of the front of the tongue towards the palate ?
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A. Palatal

B. Velar

C. Palate__alveolar

D. Post__alveolar

169. The study of elementary speech sounds is called________?
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A. Morphology

B. Semantics

C. Syntax

D. Phonology

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

B. Post__alvoelar

C. Dental;

D. Palatal

171. The term semiology was introduced by_____________?
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A. Noam Chomsky

B. Charles Sanders Pierce

C. Edward Sapir

D. Ferdinand de Saussure

172. /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/ are examples for ______________?
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A. Affricates

B. fricatives

C. Trill

D. Plosives

173. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated in the sense of rhythm innate in man ?
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A. The Gesture theory

B. The Bow__vow theory

C. Ding Dong theory

D. The Pooh__pooh theory

174. The systematic study of signs is called __________?
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A. Semiotics

B. Semiology

C. Both a & b

D. Neither a not b

175. The Musical Theory of the origin of language was advanced by_________________?
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A. Noire

B. Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget

C. Max__Muller

D. Otto Jespersen

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

B. Leonard Bloomfield

C. Edward Sapir

D. Herman Gundert

177. ________are articulated by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate?
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A. Post__alveolar

B. Palate__alveolar

C. Velar

D. Palatal

178. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Chomskys competence and Performance ?
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A. Edward Sapir

B. Ferdinand De Saussure.

C. Leonard bloom Filed.

D. Charles Sanders Pierce

179. A person who can use two languages is called ________________________?
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A. Duo__lingual

B. Bilingual

C. Duo__langual

D. Biolingual

180. /s/, /z/ are called ____________?
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A. Affricates

B. Fricatives

C. Trill

D. Plosives

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