Linguistics

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This is a quiz that involves terms used in a linguistics class.
Rogelio Rincon
Quiz by Rogelio Rincon, updated more than 1 year ago
Rogelio Rincon
Created by Rogelio Rincon about 8 years ago
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Question 1

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A student is having difficulties understanding language. The student is therefore having difficulty with . . .
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  • syntax.
  • grammar.
  • semantics.
  • morphology.

Question 2

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Communication is . . .
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  • the imparting or interchange of opinions.
  • the imparting or interchange of thoughts.
  • the imparting or interchange of or information by speech.
  • the imparting or interchange of or information by writing, or signs.

Question 3

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Teachers are talking about the "affective Filter" concerning a student that is very self-conscious and unwilling to participate. The "affective Filter" word is part of their . . .
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  • lexicon.
  • the vocabulary of a the teaching field.
  • the vocabulary of affection.
  • the sounds of the vocabulary.

Question 4

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Descriptive grammar is an approach to grammar that is concerned with reporting the usage of native speakers without reference to proposed norms of correctness or advocacy of rules based on such norms.
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  • True
  • False

Question 5

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Prescriptive grammar is an approach to grammar that is concerned with . . .
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  • establishing norms of correct and incorrect usage.
  • formulating rules based on established norms to be followed by users of the language.
  • using language without rules.
  • reporting the usage of native speakers without reference.

Question 6

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Standard English is the English language in its most widely accepted form, as written and spoken by educated people in both formal and informal contexts.
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  • True
  • False

Question 7

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A dialect is a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by . . .
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  • features of phonology.
  • features of grammar and vocabulary.
  • its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
  • the people's high level of education.

Question 8

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Register is a conventional way of using language that is appropriate in a specific situation, occupation or topic characterized by the use of special jargon.
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  • True
  • False

Question 9

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  • (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by obstructing the flow of air.
  • (in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs.
  • affricative.
  • nasal.

Question 10

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Consonant is . . .
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  • (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding the flow of air from the lungs.
  • (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by diverting the flow of air from the lungs.
  • (in English articulation) a speech sound produced obstructing the flow of air from the lungs.
  • (in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs.

Question 11

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Approximant is an articulation in which one articulator is close to another, but not sufficiently so to form a stop or a fricative.
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  • True
  • False

Question 12

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Liquid is a sound produced by stopping and then releasing the air flow through a narrow opening.
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  • True
  • False

Question 13

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A glide is a speech sound having the characteristics of . . .  
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  • both a consonant and a vowel, also called "semi-vowels" or "approximants."
  • glottal.
  • glottal stops.
  • affricates.

Question 14

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Nasals are . . .
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  • Phonetics. pronounced with the voice issuing through the nose.
  • Phonetics. pronounced with the voice issuing through the nose, either partly, or entirely.
  • Phonetics. pronounced with the air passing between your lower lip and your upper teeth.
  • Phonetics. pronounced  while gliding your tongue in your mouth.

Question 15

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A teacher is trying to teach the production of a specific sound while modeling how to press your upper teeth against your lower lip as he forces air out causing friction. He is modeling . . .
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  • fricatives.
  • nasals.
  • (a speech sound) produced by moving your tongue as air flows.
  • (a speech sound) produced by stopping the airflow.

Question 16

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Affricative is . . .
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  • (a speech sound) characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal tract.
  • a phoneme that combines a plosive with an immediately following fricative or spirant sharing the same place of articulation, e.g., ch as in chair and j as in jar.
  • A speech sound produced by stopping the flow of air.
  • A speech sound produced by gliding your tongue as the of air flows through the nose.

Question 17

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A teacher had students place their fingers on their throat with one hand, and placed the other hand in front of their mouth. Then, he had them make sounds associated with different letters. Most likely, modeling the production of which of the following?
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  • vowel sounds.
  • Nasals.
  • voiced and unvoiced consonant sounds.
  • lexicon.

Question 18

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An unvoiced consonant is . . .
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  • a sound produced through the vocal folds without constriction of the airflow in the mouth.
  • a sound produced through the mouth with constriction of the airflow by pressing your top teeth against your lower lip.
  • a sound produced with constriction of the airflow without vibrating the vocal folds.
  • a sound produced without constriction of the airflow while vibrating the vocal folds.

Question 19

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A second language learner is practicing his English in the playground with his friends. In this situation, the student is involved in Sociolinguistics.
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  • True
  • False

Question 20

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A student is having difficulty writing a sentence in standard English. She is most likely having difficulty with . . .
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  • the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences.
  • semantics.
  • phonemics.
  • descriptive grammar.
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