Dawn Williams linguistics terms quiz

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Dawn Williams linguistics terms quiz
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Question 1

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If a student is elongating the v sound at the beginning of a word. Which type of consonant sound are they creating.
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  • nasal
  • stop
  • voiced
  • unvoiced

Question 2

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The labiodental sounds (f) and and (v) are examples of what type of sound?
Answer
  • consonants
  • vowels
  • nasal sounds
  • liquids

Question 3

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A baby is blowing through is teeth to make the initial consonant sound in the word food. Making the (f) sound is an example of creating which sound?
Answer
  • stops
  • glide
  • fricative
  • nasal

Question 4

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A child is reading a sound/spelling story. They read, "Nancy never needs nonsense". The beginning sound (n) in each word is an example of which type of sound?
Answer
  • nasal
  • phonology
  • morphology
  • glide

Question 5

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If a little boy is making the sound of a "choo choo" train by saying chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, choo, choo. The -ch sound is an example of.
Answer
  • fricative
  • glide
  • affricative
  • liquid

Question 6

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If a student is practicing the (t) sound by saying tap, top, and tip. The letter (t) produces which sound?
Answer
  • stop
  • liquid
  • nasal
  • voiced consonant

Question 7

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Repeating the initial sounds in love, like and lemon is practicing which type of sound.
Answer
  • glides
  • liquid
  • affricative
  • stop

Question 8

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If a mother asked their child to make the sound of a snake (-ssss). They are producing which type of consonant sound?
Answer
  • voiceless
  • voiced
  • nasal
  • fricative

Question 9

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The following quote from Zora Neal Hurston's book is an example of Standard English spoken by some African American's in the south. "What she doin comin back here in dem overalls"
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 10

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If a professor is teaching their students about the history of a language and how it is spoken, he is providing a lecture on linguistics
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  • True
  • False

Question 11

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When one practices the vowel sounds, they are usually producing voiceless sounds.
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  • True
  • False

Question 12

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If a person is asked the question," What are doing tonight?" and they reply , " I might just go to the crib". Their answer is an example of Standard English
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 13

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An example of prescriptive language in when a student is speaking to a friend in class, in their everyday vernacular. However, they use proper English when the teacher addresses them.
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  • True
  • False

Question 14

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An example of sociolinguistics is studying the various meanings of LOL in different texts
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  • True
  • False

Question 15

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If a student makes certain that they use the correct parts of speech and grammar that their teacher taught them, they are using the "Prescriptive Approach".
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 16

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If a person is trying to study the sound that each letter makes, they are developing an understanding of morphology.
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  • True
  • False

Question 17

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To know and understand the origins and of the various word parts is defined as:
Answer
  • phonology
  • morphology
  • linguistics
  • syntax

Question 18

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If a teacher wants to be well-versed in teaching all of the 46 sounds of the English alphabet, they must study.
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  • phonology
  • communication
  • morphology
  • syntax

Question 19

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If one is not necessarily following the rules of grammar, this could be described as:
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  • prescriptive grammar
  • descriptive grammer
  • pragmatics
  • syntax

Question 20

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If one is studying the structures of words, phrases, and sentences, they are learning about:
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  • syntax
  • semantics
  • Standard English
  • phonemes
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