Key Linguistics Vocabulary

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20 question quiz on the key vocabulary used in linguistics.
Marissa De La Ri
Quiz by Marissa De La Ri, updated more than 1 year ago
Marissa De La Ri
Created by Marissa De La Ri over 8 years ago
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Question 1

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The following criteria apply to Descriptive Grammar...
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  • Describes the rules that govern what people do or can say
  • Prescribes rules governing what people should/ shouldn't say
  • Rules are natural known intuitively, and don't need to be taught
  • Refers to the structure of a language as certain people think it should be used
  • An objective, nonjudgemental description of the grammatical constructions in a language

Question 2

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Prescriptive grammar: prescribes the rules governing what people should/shouldn't say, rules are not natural, they must be taught or learned in school, and refers to the structure of a language as certain people think it should be used.
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  • True
  • False

Question 3

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Label the pictures with the dialect each country speaks.
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  • Italian
  • French
  • Canadian English
  • Portuguese

Question 4

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Click on all the statements that apply to AAVE.
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  • She bin had dat han'-made dress.
  • Ah 'on know what homey be coin
  • c u l8ter
  • African American Vernacular English
  • All About Visiting Earth

Question 5

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Keeping Semantics in mind, label the image with one word most people would associate it with.
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  • cold
  • snow
  • soup
  • winter

Question 6

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The study of language use in society and in sociocultural context is...
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  • linguistics
  • language
  • sociolinguistics
  • sociocultural language

Question 7

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The picture shows examples of liquids.
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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These words are examples of....
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  • voiced consonants
  • fricatives
  • unvoiced consonants
  • affricatives

Question 9

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These words contain examples of unvoiced consonants because the vocal chords are not used to make the sounds of these letters.
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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These words are examples of
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  • liquids
  • glides
  • nasals
  • stops

Question 11

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This statement best describes semantics.
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  • True
  • False

Question 12

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This chart shows examples of
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  • allophones
  • glides
  • vowels
  • phonemes

Question 13

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Keeping in mind that some words have multiple meanings, and that sometimes more is being communicated than said, what is this picture an example of.
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  • communication
  • pragmatics
  • lexicon
  • register

Question 14

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When a [blank_start]vowel[blank_end] sound is produced by humans the breath flows [blank_start]out[blank_end] through the mouth without being blocked by the [blank_start]teeth[blank_end], [blank_start]tongue[blank_end], or [blank_start]lips[blank_end].
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  • vowel
  • out
  • teeth
  • tongue
  • lips

Question 15

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Click on the letters that make approximant sounds.
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  • b
  • w
  • m
  • l
  • r
  • j

Question 16

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True or False, the image shows examples of nasal sounds.
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  • True
  • False

Question 17

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When consonants are formed by blocking the oral passage and allowing the air to escape through the nose. ex /m/ it is called...
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  • nasals
  • liquids
  • glides
  • a stop

Question 18

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Click on all the letters that produce glides.
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  • u
  • w
  • p
  • j
  • h
  • n

Question 19

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This image contains all the aspects of...
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  • syntax
  • pragmatics
  • communication
  • linguistics

Question 20

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This tree diagram shows an example of syntax.
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  • True
  • False

Question 21

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[blank_start]Affricatives[blank_end] are accomplished by stopping the air flow and then releasing air to cause friction.
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  • Affricatives
  • Fricatives
  • Nasals
  • Glides
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