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Questão 1
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The study of the pieces of a word is called
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Phonology
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Morphology
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Linguistics
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Lexicon
Questão 2
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What is the purpose of a tree diagram?
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To identify the grammatical functions of words in a sentence
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To determine if a sentence is written in Standard English
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To break down the syntax of a sentence
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To help visual learners find the morphemes of words
Questão 3
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Which is an example of a sentence that is syntactically correct, but semantically odd?
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The dog chased the mailman.
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The man rode the horse.
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The cat barked at his owner.
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The bird landed on the branch.
Questão 4
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Semantics and pragmatics both deal with meaning of words in language.
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- True
- False
Questão 5
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Sociolinguistics encompasses which of the following concepts?
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Slang
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Dialect
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Geographic movement
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Educational level
Questão 6
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What is the difference between lexicon and grammar?
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Lexicon refers to the "catalog" of words in a language while grammar refers to the rules of how to use these words.
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Grammar refers to the "catalog" of words in a language while lexicon refers to how morphemes are linked together.
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Lexicon refers to the regional influence upon language use, while grammar refers to the rules of how to use these words.
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Grammar refers to how morphemes are linked together, while lexicon refers to how these morphemes are used in everyday speech.
Questão 7
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Prescriptive grammar refers to how a language is commonly used.
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- True
- False
Questão 8
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Which of the following is/are an example of descriptive grammar?
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The girls are in the school.
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I didn't see nobody there.
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Who are you calling for?
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Jane be at the store in the mornings.
Questão 9
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Standard English is generally the same in all English-speaking regions.
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- True
- False
Questão 10
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Which of the following is not an example of register?
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Thou shall be blessed by the Holy Spirit.
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The students are walking to school from the bus stop.
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The surgeons operated on the aortic valve using forceps and retractors.
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The syntactic structure of the sentence indicated use of descriptive grammar.
Questão 11
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AAVE (African American Vernacular English) follows its own regular grammatical patterns.
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- True
- False
Questão 12
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Which of the following is an example of a word that begins with an approximant consonant?
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yes
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hello
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sound
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follow
Questão 13
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Which of the following sounds are liquids?
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[o]
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[l]
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[r]
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[w]
Questão 14
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Which of the following use glides?
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wet
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you
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yes
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we
Questão 15
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Two vowel sounds placed together are called a dipthong.
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- True
- False
Questão 16
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Which of the following words has a nasal sound?
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forth
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jaw
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call
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know
Questão 17
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If "think" is pronounced like "tink" this is an example of:
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An alveolar stop
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A glottal stop
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A glide
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An affricative
Questão 18
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Voiced and unvoiced consonants are produced using different parts of the mouth.
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- True
- False
Questão 19
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Which of the following are examples of fricatives?
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walk
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fish
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help
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mom
Questão 20
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It can be expected that a person will never have trouble understanding different dialects of the same language.
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- True
- False
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