Linguistics Vocabulary Quiz

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A 20 questions quiz assessing the meaning and application of linguistic vocabulary words.
Jason Beer
Quiz by Jason Beer, updated more than 1 year ago
Jason Beer
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Question 1

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Communication can be defined as the transmission or exchanging of information.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 2

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Which of the following letters is NOT considered a vowel?
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  • A
  • Y
  • V
  • O

Question 3

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Which of the following terms best describes the investigation into the differences and similarities in regards to the communication of males and females?
Answer
  • Linguistics
  • Phonology
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Pscyhology

Question 4

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Which of the following would be considered nasal sound consonants?
Answer
  • N
  • L
  • M
  • O

Question 5

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The primary difference between voiced and unvoiced consonants is that voiced consonants produce sounds, while unvoiced consonants are silent letters not included in the pronunciation of select words.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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The fact that people in America use different terms to describe a soft drink represents a change in what?
Answer
  • Dialect
  • Linguistics
  • Language
  • Lexicon

Question 7

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A person that possesses a large inventory of vocabulary words is said to have a high what?
Answer
  • Intelligence
  • Linguistical ability
  • Syntax
  • Lexicon

Question 8

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Which of the following represents a type of communication?
Answer
  • Sign Language
  • Speaking
  • Posting a tweet
  • Morse Code

Question 9

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Someone analyzing the structure of a sentence is looking over it's syntax.
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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A prescriptive grammarian would have NO complaints on the following sentence. I create a test yesterday on linguistics.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 11

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Which of the following represents the different forms of dialect for describing a miniature lobster.
Answer
  • Crawdad
  • Crawfish
  • Crayfish
  • Crustatacean

Question 12

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Which of the following would NOT be an example of Standard English?
Answer
  • Using a period at the end of a sentence
  • Capitalizing the first word of a sentence
  • Using a period to separate items on a list
  • Using quotation marks around a statement that another person said.

Question 13

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Somebody studying the history of sound production within the English language would be studying what?
Answer
  • Phonology
  • Morphology
  • Phonemics
  • Syntax

Question 14

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The study of linguistics does not include the the study into how different cultures use language.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 15

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The language that is used in different social settings represents a change in register.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 16

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Which of the following situation(s) would reflect pragmatics.
Answer
  • Looking at how different religions use language to convey messages
  • The instructional tools teachers use to convey information
  • Looking for textual clues to help determine the definition of a vocabulary word.
  • The communication that a school uses to convey important messages.

Question 17

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How is a "stop consonant" created?
Answer
  • By blocking the vocal tract so all airflow ceases.
  • By vibrating your vocal chords.
  • By using the tongue against the teeth.
  • By pinching your nose to block airflow.

Question 18

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A primary difference between fricatives and affricates is that a fricative is just one sound while an affricate is a combination of sounds.
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  • True
  • False

Question 19

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A bilingual person from America may have difficulty speaking in Mexico due to the phonemics of the Spanish language.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 20

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If I wanted to study the way the word "exit" relates to the word "expose" in the English language, I would be studying what?
Answer
  • Phonology
  • Morphology
  • Phonemics
  • Sociolinguistics
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