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Linguistics Quiz

Questão 1 de 20

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If a student uses the word "ya'll" the word "ya'll" is considered a part of that student's accent not dialect.

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  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 2 de 20

1

Sociolinguistics considers the study of language in relation to...

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Social Class

  • Education Level

  • age

  • All of the above

Explicação

Questão 3 de 20

1

Native English speakers learn syntax through repetition before they learn the parts of speech and rules of grammar.

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  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 4 de 20

1

The teacher has the students read a list of words on the board. The students notice that the sounds produced all either obstruct air by the lips, teeth, and or tongue. What type of sounds are they working on?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Vowels

  • Consonants

  • Affricatives

  • rounded vowels

Explicação

Questão 5 de 20

1

AAVE does not have a vocabulary separate from other varieties of English. However AAVE speakers do...

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • use words that are not found in in other varieties

  • Use some English words in ways that differ from the standard dialect

  • pronounce words differently

  • give words in the English language different meanings

Explicação

Questão 6 de 20

1

Phonology includes...

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • A language's system of stress

  • accent

  • pitch

  • tone

  • All of the Above

Explicação

Questão 7 de 20

1

A line of communication requires...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • a sender and a receiver.

  • A driver and a passenger

  • a cell phone and a signal

  • a listener

Explicação

Questão 8 de 20

1

The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge (such as nautical or medical) is

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • semantics

  • a lexicon

  • morphology

  • a register

Explicação

Questão 9 de 20

1

A speech sound made by the vocal cords and is also a type of letter in the alphabet is known as

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • a fricative

  • a consonant

  • an affricative

  • a vowel

Explicação

Questão 10 de 20

1

Bob and Mary are sitting in the living room. A cool breeze enters the room through an open window. Mary states "I am cold!". Bob proceeds to get up and close the window. Based on Bob's reaction, Mary's statement is an example of:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • descriptive grammar

  • prescriptive grammar

  • semantics

  • pragmatics

Explicação

Questão 11 de 20

1

Fish, hot, thumb, sit, and shock are all words that are examples of words using what type of consonants?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • affricative

  • fricative

  • voiced

  • unvoiced

Explicação

Questão 12 de 20

1

Which of the phrases below best describe the concept of semantics?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Some see the glass half empty and others see the glass half full.

  • One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

  • A barking dog can be good, especially if he is a guard dog, or can be bad because he is untrained and awakens people.

  • All of the Above

Explicação

Questão 13 de 20

1

Using shorthand writing in a text message to a friend would look very different from an email being sent to a manager in an office setting. This variation in language used between different social settings is known as

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • a register

  • vocabulary

  • an approximant

Explicação

Questão 14 de 20

1

Standard English is comprised of uniformity of which of the below in English speaking countries?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • spelling

  • grammar

  • vocabulary

  • semantics

Explicação

Questão 15 de 20

1

Children with morphology and syntactic deficits experience difficulty learning and using the rules that govern word formation and phrase/sentence formation. At the word level, these children may not correctly use plural forms or verb tenses.

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  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 16 de 20

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Specialists in descriptive grammar examine the principles and patterns that underlie the use of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.

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  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 17 de 20

1

the scientific study of language and its structure (Linguistics), including the study of...

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Morphology

  • syntax

  • phonetics

Explicação

Questão 18 de 20

1

Book is an example of an unvoiced consonant.

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  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 19 de 20

1

The consonants in the words we and you are examples of approximants.

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  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 20 de 20

1

When a doctor gives you a prescription for medication, it often includes directions about how you should take your medication as well as what you should not do when taking your medication. In a similar way, this is an analogy to understanding prescriptive grammar because it tells you how you should speak, and what type of language to avoid.

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação