The study of the pieces of a word is called
Phonology
Morphology
Linguistics
Lexicon
What is the purpose of a tree diagram?
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
Which is an example of a sentence that is syntactically correct, but semantically odd?
The dog chased the mailman.
The man rode the horse.
The cat barked at his owner.
The bird landed on the branch.
Semantics and pragmatics both deal with meaning of words in language.
Sociolinguistics encompasses which of the following concepts?
Slang
Dialect
Geographic movement
Educational level
What is the difference between lexicon and grammar?
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.
Prescriptive grammar refers to how a language is commonly used.
Which of the following is/are an example of descriptive grammar?
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.
Standard English is generally the same in all English-speaking regions.
Which of the following is not an example of register?
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.
AAVE (African American Vernacular English) follows its own regular grammatical patterns.
Which of the following is an example of a word that begins with an approximant consonant?
yes
hello
sound
follow
Which of the following sounds are liquids?
[o]
[l]
[r]
[w]
Which of the following use glides?
wet
you
we
Two vowel sounds placed together are called a dipthong.
Which of the following words has a nasal sound?
forth
jaw
call
know
If "think" is pronounced like "tink" this is an example of:
An alveolar stop
A glottal stop
A glide
An affricative
Voiced and unvoiced consonants are produced using different parts of the mouth.
Which of the following are examples of fricatives?
walk
fish
help
mom
It can be expected that a person will never have trouble understanding different dialects of the same language.
