Question 1
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"Can't nobody say nothin' to dem peoples!" is a representation of what?
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Prescriptive grammar
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AAVE
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Descriptive grammar
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Affricatives
Question 2
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Vowel sounds are produced with relatively free flow of air. How do we classify the most common vowel sounds in English. More than one answer!
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Front
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Back
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Central
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Close central
Question 3
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Which has correct syntax?
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Come for a visit I have plenty of food.
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I gave him money I stole from the store.
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You can’t go the movies or buy popcorn without any money.
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Did you ever speak to him? Yes, I was speaking to him yesterday.
Question 4
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Approximant sounds are: L, R, and Y.
Question 5
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Please choose ALL the voiced consonants.
Question 6
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Please choose ALL the unvoiced consonants.
Question 7
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How do we describe consonant sounds?
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bilabials
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flap
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alveolars
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palatals
Question 8
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Pragmatics focuses on what was explicitly stated.
Question 9
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Kim returns home after a long day and finds her puppy chewing on her new pair of shoes. She says, "Oh lovely" this is an example of what?
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Pregmatics
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Sociolinguistics
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Semantics
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Lexicon
Question 10
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Stop letter sounds are sounds that can be said for only an instant.
Question 11
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Glides are also knows as "semivowels"- the sound of y and w?
Question 12
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A dialect is regional or social variety of a language distinguished by which three?
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pronunciation
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syntax
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vocabulary
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grammar
Question 13
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One set of stops is voiceless and unvoiced?
Question 14
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1) She doesn't him.
2) She don't know him.
Is a representation of which of the following terms?
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Descriptive grammar
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Prescriptive grammar
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Semantics
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Register
Question 15
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Phonetics and phonemics are both branches of phonology?
Question 16
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Which two are examples of fricatives?
Question 17
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Register is a variety of language such as prescribed grammar?
Question 18
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Soccer includes words such as match and yellow card. This is an example of what term?
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morphology
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lexicon
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phonemics
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semantics
Question 19
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Is the word flower an example of liquid?
Question 20
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A nasal is a consonant produced by redirecting out air through the __________ instead of allowing it to escape out of the mouth.