Piwowar Linguistics Quiz

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20 question quiz about some common linguistic vocabulary
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Zusammenfassung der Ressource

Frage 1

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The study of the pieces of a word is called
Antworten
  • Phonology
  • Morphology
  • Linguistics
  • Lexicon

Frage 2

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What is the purpose of a tree diagram?
Antworten
  • To identify the grammatical functions of words in a sentence
  • To determine if a sentence is written in Standard English
  • To break down the syntax of a sentence
  • To help visual learners find the morphemes of words

Frage 3

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Which is an example of a sentence that is syntactically correct, but semantically odd?
Antworten
  • The dog chased the mailman.
  • The man rode the horse.
  • The cat barked at his owner.
  • The bird landed on the branch.

Frage 4

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Semantics and pragmatics both deal with meaning of words in language.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 5

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Sociolinguistics encompasses which of the following concepts?
Antworten
  • Slang
  • Dialect
  • Geographic movement
  • Educational level

Frage 6

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What is the difference between lexicon and grammar?
Antworten
  • Lexicon refers to the "catalog" of words in a language while grammar refers to the rules of how to use these words.
  • Grammar refers to the "catalog" of words in a language while lexicon refers to how morphemes are linked together.
  • Lexicon refers to the regional influence upon language use, while grammar refers to the rules of how to use these words.
  • Grammar refers to how morphemes are linked together, while lexicon refers to how these morphemes are used in everyday speech.

Frage 7

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Prescriptive grammar refers to how a language is commonly used.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 8

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Which of the following is/are an example of descriptive grammar?
Antworten
  • The girls are in the school.
  • I didn't see nobody there.
  • Who are you calling for?
  • Jane be at the store in the mornings.

Frage 9

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Standard English is generally the same in all English-speaking regions.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 10

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Which of the following is not an example of register?
Antworten
  • Thou shall be blessed by the Holy Spirit.
  • The students are walking to school from the bus stop.
  • The surgeons operated on the aortic valve using forceps and retractors.
  • The syntactic structure of the sentence indicated use of descriptive grammar.

Frage 11

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AAVE (African American Vernacular English) follows its own regular grammatical patterns.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 12

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Which of the following is an example of a word that begins with an approximant consonant?
Antworten
  • yes
  • hello
  • sound
  • follow

Frage 13

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Which of the following sounds are liquids?
Antworten
  • [o]
  • [l]
  • [r]
  • [w]

Frage 14

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Which of the following use glides?
Antworten
  • wet
  • you
  • yes
  • we

Frage 15

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Two vowel sounds placed together are called a dipthong.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 16

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Which of the following words has a nasal sound?
Antworten
  • forth
  • jaw
  • call
  • know

Frage 17

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If "think" is pronounced like "tink" this is an example of:
Antworten
  • An alveolar stop
  • A glottal stop
  • A glide
  • An affricative

Frage 18

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Voiced and unvoiced consonants are produced using different parts of the mouth.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 19

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Which of the following are examples of fricatives?
Antworten
  • walk
  • fish
  • help
  • mom

Frage 20

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It can be expected that a person will never have trouble understanding different dialects of the same language.
Antworten
  • True
  • False
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