Linguistics Quiz

Linguistics is concerned with how language ought to be spoken.

A new student in your class speaks English in a way that aligns with the accepted version of English in your country. They are speaking African American Vernacular English.

A teacher had students place their fingers on their throat and then in front of their mouth. Then, he had them make sounds associated with different letters. Most likely, he was teaching them about which of the following?

Which is an example of Standard English?

Dialects are typically based on regional and/or ethnic speech patterns.

Which speech variety would be used when speaking to an animal?

Reduction of final consonant clusters is a defining feature of African American Vernacular English.

Which of the following consonants are an example of fricatives?

The consonants m and n are examples of which?

Sociolinguists would study which of the following? Check all that apply.

If a student said to you, "Pencil give to me the!" instead of "Give the pencil to me," you would know that this child struggles with which of the following? Check all that apply.

How can a child show phonemic awareness? Check all that apply.

The smallest unit of sound distinguishing meaning is called what?

How does a fricative and an affricate differ? Check all that apply.

Linguists want to study the patterns of speech in an isolated rural community using a descriptive approach. Which of the following will be their aim?

A teacher who edits the organization of words in a student's essay in order to make them fit with proper grammar is an example of which approach?

The y sound in "yes" is an example of an approximant.

Humans are the only animals that communicate with each other.

All languages have essentially the same number of sounds.

Grammar consists of which of the following? Check all that apply.