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Dawn Williams linguistics terms quiz

Question 1 of 20

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If a student is elongating the v sound at the beginning of a word. Which type of consonant sound are they creating.

Select one of the following:

  • nasal

  • stop

  • voiced

  • unvoiced

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

1

The labiodental sounds (f) and and (v) are examples of what type of sound?

Select one of the following:

  • consonants

  • vowels

  • nasal sounds

  • liquids

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

1

A baby is blowing through is teeth to make the initial consonant sound in the word food. Making the (f) sound is an example of creating which sound?

Select one of the following:

  • stops

  • glide

  • fricative

  • nasal

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

1

A child is reading a sound/spelling story. They read, "Nancy never needs nonsense". The beginning sound (n) in each word is an example of which type of sound?

Select one of the following:

  • nasal

  • phonology

  • morphology

  • glide

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

1

If a little boy is making the sound of a "choo choo" train by saying chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, choo, choo. The -ch sound is an example of.

Select one of the following:

  • fricative

  • glide

  • affricative

  • liquid

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

1

If a student is practicing the (t) sound by saying tap, top, and tip. The letter (t) produces which sound?

Select one of the following:

  • stop

  • liquid

  • nasal

  • voiced consonant

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

1

Repeating the initial sounds in love, like and lemon is practicing which type of sound.

Select one of the following:

  • glides

  • liquid

  • affricative

  • stop

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

1

If a mother asked their child to make the sound of a snake (-ssss). They are producing which type of consonant sound?

Select one of the following:

  • voiceless

  • voiced

  • nasal

  • fricative

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

1

The following quote from Zora Neal Hurston's book is an example of Standard English spoken by some African American's in the south. "What she doin comin back here in dem overalls"

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

1

If a professor is teaching their students about the history of a language and how it is spoken, he is providing a lecture on linguistics

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

1

When one practices the vowel sounds, they are usually producing voiceless sounds.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

1

If a person is asked the question," What are doing tonight?" and they reply , " I might just go to the crib". Their answer is an example of Standard English

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

1

An example of prescriptive language in when a student is speaking to a friend in class, in their everyday vernacular. However, they use proper English when the teacher addresses them.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

1

An example of sociolinguistics is studying the various meanings of LOL in different texts

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

1

If a student makes certain that they use the correct parts of speech and grammar that their teacher taught them, they are using the "Prescriptive Approach".

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

1

If a person is trying to study the sound that each letter makes, they are developing an understanding of morphology.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

To know and understand the origins and of the various word parts is defined as:

Select one or more of the following:

  • phonology

  • morphology

  • linguistics

  • syntax

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

1

If a teacher wants to be well-versed in teaching all of the 46 sounds of the English alphabet, they must study.

Select one or more of the following:

  • phonology

  • communication

  • morphology

  • syntax

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

1

If one is not necessarily following the rules of grammar, this could be described as:

Select one or more of the following:

  • prescriptive grammar

  • descriptive grammer

  • pragmatics

  • syntax

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

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If one is studying the structures of words, phrases, and sentences, they are learning about:

Select one or more of the following:

  • syntax

  • semantics

  • Standard English

  • phonemes

Explanation

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