Communication can be defined as the transmission or exchanging of information.
Which of the following letters is NOT considered a vowel?
A
Y
V
O
Which of the following terms best describes the investigation into the differences and similarities in regards to the communication of males and females?
Linguistics
Phonology
Sociolinguistics
Pscyhology
Which of the following would be considered nasal sound consonants?
N
L
M
The primary difference between voiced and unvoiced consonants is that voiced consonants produce sounds, while unvoiced consonants are silent letters not included in the pronunciation of select words.
The fact that people in America use different terms to describe a soft drink represents a change in what?
Dialect
Language
Lexicon
A person that possesses a large inventory of vocabulary words is said to have a high what?
Intelligence
Linguistical ability
Syntax
Which of the following represents a type of communication?
Sign Language
Speaking
Posting a tweet
Morse Code
Someone analyzing the structure of a sentence is looking over it's syntax.
A prescriptive grammarian would have NO complaints on the following sentence.
I create a test yesterday on linguistics.
Which of the following represents the different forms of dialect for describing a miniature lobster.
Crawdad
Crawfish
Crayfish
Crustatacean
Which of the following would NOT be an example of Standard English?
Using a period at the end of a sentence
Capitalizing the first word of a sentence
Using a period to separate items on a list
Using quotation marks around a statement that another person said.
Somebody studying the history of sound production within the English language would be studying what?
Morphology
Phonemics
The study of linguistics does not include the the study into how different cultures use language.
The language that is used in different social settings represents a change in register.
Which of the following situation(s) would reflect pragmatics.
Looking at how different religions use language to convey messages
The instructional tools teachers use to convey information
Looking for textual clues to help determine the definition of a vocabulary word.
The communication that a school uses to convey important messages.
How is a "stop consonant" created?
By blocking the vocal tract so all airflow ceases.
By vibrating your vocal chords.
By using the tongue against the teeth.
By pinching your nose to block airflow.
A primary difference between fricatives and affricates is that a fricative is just one sound while an affricate is a combination of sounds.
A bilingual person from America may have difficulty speaking in Mexico due to the phonemics of the Spanish language.
If I wanted to study the way the word "exit" relates to the word "expose" in the English language, I would be studying what?
