Linguistics is the study of _____________?
Language
Speaking
Writing
Communicating
How many different consonants are in the words "consonant"?
Three
Four
Five
Six
When somebody says, "You're just arguing semantics!" what are they really saying?
Your argument is irrelevant.
You are contradicting yourself.
You are arguing word meanings.
You are arguing word pronunciations.
The word "bunt" is an example of baseball _____________.
Lexicon
Register
Dialect
Fricatives
How many bound morphemes are in the word "fearlessly"?
One
Two
If the word order of a sentence is confusing, the sentence has a problem with ____________.
Prescriptive grammar
Stops
Semantics
Syntax
The first and last sounds in "five" are examples of _______________.
Affricatives
Nasals
Glides
The sentence "The television drank my water" has a problem with ______________?
Phonology
Descriptive grammar
Pragmatics
Aside from abbreviations, acronyms, and some controversial words such as "psst," almost all words in Standard English have at least one vowel.
A dialect is the exact same thing as an accent.
True or False: Inaudible movements of the mouth can not be considered a form of communication.
Standard English applies to a common norm of grammar, vocabulary, and spelling.
The letter P is a voiced consonant.
AAVE is commonly known as Ebonics outside of the academic community.
The first and the last sounds in "cat" are examples of stops.
Which of the sounds in the phrase "my name" are nasals?
M in my
Y in my
N in name
A in name
Which words with a voiceless affricative?
Cheap
Jeep
Church
Jog
Which words begin with glides?
Wet
Dry
Me
You
Which of the following are considered rules of prescriptive grammar?
You must not begin a sentence with "Because".
You must not use first person in a formal essay.
You must not split an infinitive.
You must not end a sentence with a preposition.
Which words have 4 or more phonemes?
Blanket
Chair
Pizza
Box
