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Key Linguistics Vocabulary for ASPD Linguistics Course

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Key Linguistics Vocabulary

Question 1 of 20

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The study of the ​smallest ​units of ​speech that make one word different from another word is:

Select one of the following:

  • phonetics

  • dialect

  • approximant

  • lexicon

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

1

The identification, analysis and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units, such as root words, affixes, parts of speech, intonations and stresses, or implied context is

Select one of the following:

  • morphology

  • glides

  • nasals

  • fricatives

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

1

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language is:

Select one of the following:

  • syntax

  • phonology

  • linguistics

  • liquids

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

1

The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning is:

Select one of the following:

  • syntax

  • semantics

  • morphology

  • phonemes

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

1

The ​study of how ​language is ​affected by the ​situation in which it is used, of how ​language is used to get things or ​perform ​actions, and of how words can ​express things that are different from what they ​appear to ​mean is:

Select one of the following:

  • pragmatics

  • socialism

  • morphology

  • phonology

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

1

The ​study of how ​language is used by different ​groups in ​society is:

Select one of the following:

  • sociolinguistics

  • Standard English

  • Dialect

  • Grammar

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

1

The ​process by which ​messages or ​information is ​sent from one ​place or ​person to another, or the ​message itself is:

Select one of the following:

  • communication

  • lexicon

  • linguistics

  • morhphology

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

1

All the words used in a ​particular ​language or ​subject, or a ​dictionary are:

Select one or more of the following:

  • lexicon

  • phonemes

  • vowels

  • consonants

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

1

Which of the following describe descriptive grammar?

Select one or more of the following:

  • a set of rules about language based on how it is actually used

  • there is no right or wrong language

  • a set of rules based on how people think language should be used

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

1

Which of the following describe prescriptive grammar?

Select one or more of the following:

  • a set of rules based on how people think language should be used

  • a set of rules about language based on how it is actually used

  • there is no right or wrong language

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

1

Which of the following describe Standard English

Select one or more of the following:

  • Refers to whatever form of the English language is accepted as a national norm in any English-speaking country.

  • It encompasses grammar, vocabulary and spelling.

  • abbreviated as SE

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

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a ​form of a ​language that is ​spoken in a ​particular ​part of a ​country or by a ​particular ​group of ​people and that ​contains some words, ​grammar, or ​pronunciations (= the ​ways in which words are said) that are different from the ​forms used in other ​parts or by other ​groups

This definition matches which of the following terms?

Select one or more of the following:

  • dialect

  • lexicon

  • slides

  • liquids

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

1

Which of the following are vowels?

Select one or more of the following:

  • a

  • b

  • c

  • e

  • i

  • p

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

1

Which of the following are consonants?

Select one or more of the following:

  • a

  • b

  • e

  • m

  • d

  • o

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

1

The ​sounds /w/, /l/, and /r/ are ​examples of approximants in ​English.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

1

English has two liquid phonemes, one lateral, /l/ and one rhotic, /ɹ/, exemplified in the words led and red.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

Glide consonants, also known as semivowels /j/ /w/. Sounds with little or no obstruction to the airstream in the mouth.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

1

The /s/ in "said" and the /z/ in "​zoo" are fricatives.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

1

P is an unvoiced sound (no vibration of the vocal cords) and B is a voiced sound (vocal cords vibrate).

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

1

Linguistics is the study of the way animals move and work together.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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