Linguistics Vocabulary Quiz

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Linguistics Vocabulary Terms
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Linguistics is the study of _____________?
Respuesta
  • Language
  • Speaking
  • Writing
  • Communicating

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
How many different consonants are in the words "consonant"?
Respuesta
  • Three
  • Four
  • Five
  • Six

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
When somebody says, "You're just arguing semantics!" what are they really saying?
Respuesta
  • Your argument is irrelevant.
  • You are contradicting yourself.
  • You are arguing word meanings.
  • You are arguing word pronunciations.

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
The word "bunt" is an example of baseball _____________.
Respuesta
  • Lexicon
  • Register
  • Dialect
  • Fricatives

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
How many bound morphemes are in the word "fearlessly"?
Respuesta
  • One
  • Two
  • Three
  • Four

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
If the word order of a sentence is confusing, the sentence has a problem with ____________.
Respuesta
  • Prescriptive grammar
  • Stops
  • Semantics
  • Syntax

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
The first and last sounds in "five" are examples of _______________.
Respuesta
  • Fricatives
  • Affricatives
  • Nasals
  • Glides

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
The sentence "The television drank my water" has a problem with ______________?
Respuesta
  • Semantics
  • Phonology
  • Descriptive grammar
  • Pragmatics

Pregunta 9

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Aside from abbreviations, acronyms, and some controversial words such as "psst," almost all words in Standard English have at least one vowel.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 10

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A dialect is the exact same thing as an accent.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 11

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True or False: Inaudible movements of the mouth can not be considered a form of communication.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 12

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Standard English applies to a common norm of grammar, vocabulary, and spelling.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
The letter P is a voiced consonant.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
AAVE is commonly known as Ebonics outside of the academic community.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 15

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The first and the last sounds in "cat" are examples of stops.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 16

Pregunta
Which of the sounds in the phrase "my name" are nasals?
Respuesta
  • M in my
  • Y in my
  • N in name
  • A in name

Pregunta 17

Pregunta
Which words with a voiceless affricative?
Respuesta
  • Cheap
  • Jeep
  • Church
  • Jog

Pregunta 18

Pregunta
Which words begin with glides?
Respuesta
  • Wet
  • Dry
  • Me
  • You

Pregunta 19

Pregunta
Which of the following are considered rules of prescriptive grammar?
Respuesta
  • You must not begin a sentence with "Because".
  • You must not use first person in a formal essay.
  • You must not split an infinitive.
  • You must not end a sentence with a preposition.

Pregunta 20

Pregunta
Which words have 4 or more phonemes?
Respuesta
  • Blanket
  • Chair
  • Pizza
  • Box
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