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Linguistics vocabulary quiz

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Linguistics Vocabulary

Question 1 of 20

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Someone who studies linguistics might conduct a study to see how the English language is changing among U.S. urban youth.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

1

A teacher is having her students listen for the different beginning sounds in the words cat, bat, and sat. The teacher is conducting a lesson in...

Select one of the following:

  • Syntax

  • Semantics

  • Phonemics

  • Dialect

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

1

A professor is teaching her students about how the system of speech sounds creates a basis for language. Her students are learning about what aspect of language?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Phonology

  • Register

  • Approximants

  • Liquids

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

1

A second grade class is learning how to make compound words. They are studying morphology.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

1

In an ESL class a teacher asks his students to correct the sentence, "A flower I saw." The class is learning about correct...

Select one of the following:

  • Synapses

  • Semantics

  • Phonology

  • Syntax

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

1

A literature class was discussing the meaning of a particular phrase in a poem. This class was studying...

Select one or more of the following:

  • Syntax

  • Semantics

  • Fricatives

  • Phonemics

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

1

A comedian was telling a joke which made use of the humor in the difference in meaning when the same statement was used in two different social situations. This is an example of...

Select one of the following:

  • Semantics

  • Pragmatics

  • Syntax

  • Morphology

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

1

A researcher was studying how the same words are used in different ways among different social groups within a society. Her project was involved with sociolinguistics.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

1

An ELL student didn't know a specific English word so instead she used other words she did know to get her point across. This is an example of...

Select one or more of the following:

  • Lexicon

  • Communication

  • Dialect

  • Syntax

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

1

The two year old knew over 500 words. She had a small lexicon.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

1

The teacher told his students to write how people actually speak. This is an example of descriptive grammar.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

1

A teacher marked a student's story incorrect, because it contained the sentence, "We is going to the store." The teacher was grading the story according to...

Select one of the following:

  • Descriptive Grammar

  • Morphology

  • Prescriptive Grammar

  • Phonemics

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

1

A teacher reminds her students to use the Blue Book for Grammar and Punctuation to self-edit their writing before turning it in. This teacher is requiring her students to write in Standard English.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

1

When I was little I spoke a form of German that was only spoken in the part of Germany called Swabia. I was speaking a(n)...

Select one or more of the following:

  • Lexicon

  • Register

  • Dialect

  • Approximant

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

1

The teenager spoke very differently when speaking to her friends than when she was speaking to her teachers. This is an example of register.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

1

AAVE is not "improper English," but rather a dialect spoken by many people in the United States.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

Students in a class were practicing how to make sounds with their mouth open, their tongue in the middle of their mouth and with no blockage of breath. They were practicing how to make...

Select one or more of the following:

  • Consonants

  • Fricatives

  • Voiced Consonants

  • Vowels

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

1

Students were practicing making sounds where they either partially or completely stopped the air flow through their mouths. They were practicing making...

Select one of the following:

  • Vowels

  • Consonants

  • Phonemics

  • Phonology

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

1

I had a stuffed up nose, so it was hard for me to produce words with nasals.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

1

A teacher had his students touch their throat as they said the letters p and b. He was teaching his students about what two types of sounds:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Voiced Consonants

  • Vowels

  • Unvoiced Consonants

  • Fricatives

Explanation

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