Linguistics Vocabulary Quiz

Dictionaries, specific language used by particular groups, jargon are examples of this

The teacher reads a student sentence and describes how the language components are actually being used and does not point out if it is wrong or right.

African American Vernacular English has a habitual tense that does not really exist in Standard English. (EX: "He be workin")

These sounds are created without obstructing flow of air.

The student asks if she can go to the bathroom, the teacher responds with, "May I go?" This is an example of

A consonant sound is produced with definite and clear obstruction of air by the

Bill Labov studies the shift in the pronunciation of short vowels like in the words "boss and bus' in northern American cities. This is an example of

Stops block the airflow and let it go abruptly; they are ALL voiced including /p/, /t/, and /k/

"That's bad" can be understood as something actually being horrible (negative) or it can mean cool or awesome (positive); it depends on the context of the situation. This is an example of

Glides move your tongue to or from a vowel. Examples of these are

Studying why adding an -s does not make words plural (EX: mail+s=mails; She mails the letters on Monday) is an example of

"I ain't saying nothin to no one" is an example of double negation for Standard American English.

The study of language is

Fricatives can continue indefinitely until you are out of air. Examples of these fricatives can be found in the following words:

Affricatives /ch/ and /j/ are two part consonant sounds which means they start as a stop and end as a fricative.

If you study shades of meaning in words like snicker, cackle, and laugh then you are a student of semantics.

An example of dialect is Chinese to the Cantonese language.

Approximants are vowel-like consonants because we don't block the airflow fully. Examples of these are:

The study of how language is used and shaped by the social nature of human beings is sociolinguistics.

Liquids /l/ and /r/ as heard in the words load and road share the following characteristics