Linguistics Vocabulary Quiz

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20 question linguistics vocabulary quiz for Module 4
Mary Beth Steigerwald
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Questão 1

Questão
Linguistics is the study of language and its structure. It includes the study of which of the following?
Responda
  • semantics
  • figures of speech
  • morphology
  • phonetics
  • syntax

Questão 2

Questão
Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to social factors including differences in which of the following?
Responda
  • bilingualism
  • occupational dialect
  • affricatives
  • gender differences

Questão 3

Questão
Lexicon refers to the vocabulary of which of the following?
Responda
  • a language
  • a branch of knowledge
  • a rhetorical phrase
  • a person

Questão 4

Questão
What does AAVE represent?
Responda
  • Vernacular Black English
  • Black English Vernacular
  • English Black Vernacular
  • Ebonics

Questão 5

Questão
Ms. Kelly asked her class to choose which of the following were examples of fricatve consonants.
Responda
  • /f/
  • /b/
  • /w/
  • /s/

Questão 6

Questão
A consonant can be defined as a sound produced with a definite and clear obstruction of air, by which of the following?
Responda
  • tongue
  • teeth
  • nasal passage
  • lips

Questão 7

Questão
Approximants are sounds that have less obstruction of air than consonants, but more than vowels. A teacher might give which of the following as examples?
Responda
  • /r/
  • /s/
  • /y/
  • /l/

Questão 8

Questão
Semantics is the study of word origins.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 9

Questão
A "stop" is made with a total obstruction of air.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 10

Questão
An affricative is a sound produced which starts as a "fricative" and ends as a "stop"?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 11

Questão
Examples of a "glide" are /w/ and /y/.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 12

Questão
A vowel is a speech sound that is created without obstructing the flow of air and is differentiated by the shape of the oral cavity.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 13

Questão
"Sherlock saw the man with binoculars" is an example of pragmatics.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 14

Questão
Communication in the classroom can only take place when the students are allowed to speak.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 15

Questão
Ms. Kelly had her hand on her throat. She was likely teaching her students about what type of sounds?
Responda
  • unvoiced consonants
  • rounded vowels
  • unrounded vowels
  • voiced consonants

Questão 16

Questão
The teacher taught her students that sounds created without use of the vocal cords were called "voiceless." Which letter would she use an example of a voiceless sound?
Responda
  • /m/
  • /b/
  • /f/
  • /z/

Questão 17

Questão
/m/ is an example of a _________ sound in which air exits through both the nose and the mouth.
Responda
  • oral
  • nasal
  • palatal
  • velar

Questão 18

Questão
Regional language, local language and local speech are all synonyms for what word that refers to a form of language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group?
Responda
  • sociolinguistics
  • descriptive grammar
  • Standard English
  • dialect

Questão 19

Questão
In which of the following settings would a person use a more formal register?
Responda
  • at a ballgame
  • a job interview
  • on the playground
  • walking to school with friends

Questão 20

Questão
After the child arranged her words and phrases to create well formed sentences in class, the teacher complimented her on her proper ___________ .
Responda
  • dialect
  • semantics
  • syntax
  • pragmatics

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