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Dawn Williams linguistics terms quiz
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1If a student is elongating the v sound at the beginning of a word. Which type of consonant sound are they creating.
- Anasal
- Bstop
- Cvoiced
- Dunvoiced
2The labiodental sounds (f) and and (v) are examples of what type of sound?
- Aconsonants
- Bvowels
- Cnasal sounds
- Dliquids
3A 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?
- Astops
- Bglide
- Cfricative
- Dnasal
4A 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?
- Anasal
- Bphonology
- Cmorphology
- Dglide
5If 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.
- Africative
- Bglide
- Caffricative
- Dliquid
6If a student is practicing the (t) sound by saying tap, top, and tip. The letter (t) produces which sound?
- Astop
- Bliquid
- Cnasal
- Dvoiced consonant
7Repeating the initial sounds in love, like and lemon is practicing which type of sound.
- Aglides
- Bliquid
- Caffricative
- Dstop
8If a mother asked their child to make the sound of a snake (-ssss). They are producing which type of consonant sound?
- Avoiceless
- Bvoiced
- Cnasal
- Dfricative
9The 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"
- ATrue
- BFalse
10If a professor is teaching their students about the history of a language and how it is spoken, he is providing a lecture on linguistics
- ATrue
- BFalse
11When one practices the vowel sounds, they are usually producing voiceless sounds.
- ATrue
- BFalse
12If 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
- ATrue
- BFalse
13An 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.
- ATrue
- BFalse
14An example of sociolinguistics is studying the various meanings of LOL in different texts
- ATrue
- BFalse
15If 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".
- ATrue
- BFalse
16If a person is trying to study the sound that each letter makes, they are developing an understanding of morphology.
- ATrue
- BFalse
17To know and understand the origins and of the various word parts is defined as:
- Aphonology
- Bmorphology
- Clinguistics
- Dsyntax
18If a teacher wants to be well-versed in teaching all of the 46 sounds of the English alphabet, they must study.
- Aphonology
- Bcommunication
- Cmorphology
- Dsyntax
19If one is not necessarily following the rules of grammar, this could be described as:
- Aprescriptive grammar
- Bdescriptive grammer
- Cpragmatics
- Dsyntax
20If one is studying the structures of words, phrases, and sentences, they are learning about:
- Asyntax
- Bsemantics
- CStandard English
- Dphonemes
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