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ASPD Solorio Linguistics Vocabulary Quiz

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Linguistics Vocabulary Quiz

Question 1 of 20

1

Which of the following is the study of language as a whole?

Select one of the following:

  • Phonemics

  • Semantics

  • Linguistics

  • Pragmatics

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

1

Phonemics, or phonology, is the study of ______________.

Select one of the following:

  • symbols

  • smallest unit of sound

  • cell phones

  • grammar

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

1

Morphology is the study of how words change and came to be what they currently are.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

1

Semantics studies the grammatical rules to form sentences.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

1

In English, the verb follows the noun. For example 'he ran'. Which of the following is responsible for us not writing 'ran he'?

Select one of the following:

  • Sentence

  • Syntax

  • Phonics

  • Morpheme

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

1

The following statement can be interpreted in two ways:

Flying planes can be dangerous.

This is an example of pragmatics.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

1

Which of the following would be categorized as a morpheme?

Select one or more of the following:

  • chicken

  • dog

  • hens

  • cats

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

1

All of the following are vowels except:

Select one or more of the following:

  • A

  • E

  • L

  • O

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

1

Which of the following words begins with a liquid?

Select one of the following:

  • bed

  • mom

  • love

  • go

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

1

Which of the following words begins with a fricative?

Select one of the following:

  • again

  • hello

  • phone

  • class

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

1

Which of the following words begins and ends with a consonant?

Select one of the following:

  • car

  • apple

  • sea

  • ear

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

1

There are more nasals in English than there are in French.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

1

The 'o' sound in 'cow' is an example of which of the following:

Select one of the following:

  • Fricative

  • Nasal

  • Glide

  • Liquic

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

1

The ending of the word 'stop' is an example of a fricative.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

1

The ending of the word 'stop' is an example of a ______________.

Select one or more of the following:

  • fricative

  • stop

  • nasal

  • liquid

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

1

There are variants to the Standard English used in the United States and these variants are known as dialect.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

In linguistics, register refers to the cost of producing sounds when forming words.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

1

Syntax includes all of the following except:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Generative grammar

  • Categorical grammar

  • Dependency grammar

  • Middle grammar

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

1

AAVE is a ________.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Dialect

  • Phoneme

  • Pragmatics

  • Language

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

1

The main way to distinguish between voiced and voiceless is by______

Select one or more of the following:

  • seeing how loud you are speaking.

  • noting the vibrations of lack there of on your throat (vocal cords).

  • noticing if people can hear you well from a reasonable distance.

  • hearing yourself, if you can hear yourself well it is voiced,

Explanation

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