Key Linguistics Vocabulary

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Key Linguistics Vocabulary for ASPD Linguistics Course
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Question 1

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The study of the ​smallest ​units of ​speech that make one word different from another word is:
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  • phonetics
  • dialect
  • approximant
  • lexicon

Question 2

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The identification, analysis and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units, such as root words, affixes, parts of speech, intonations and stresses, or implied context is
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  • morphology
  • glides
  • nasals
  • fricatives

Question 3

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The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language is:
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  • syntax
  • phonology
  • linguistics
  • liquids

Question 4

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The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning is:
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  • syntax
  • semantics
  • morphology
  • phonemes

Question 5

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The ​study of how ​language is ​affected by the ​situation in which it is used, of how ​language is used to get things or ​perform ​actions, and of how words can ​express things that are different from what they ​appear to ​mean is:
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  • pragmatics
  • socialism
  • morphology
  • phonology

Question 6

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The ​study of how ​language is used by different ​groups in ​society is:
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  • sociolinguistics
  • Standard English
  • Dialect
  • Grammar

Question 7

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The ​process by which ​messages or ​information is ​sent from one ​place or ​person to another, or the ​message itself is:
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  • communication
  • lexicon
  • linguistics
  • morhphology

Question 8

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All the words used in a ​particular ​language or ​subject, or a ​dictionary are:
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  • lexicon
  • phonemes
  • vowels
  • consonants

Question 9

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Which of the following describe descriptive grammar?
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  • a set of rules about language based on how it is actually used
  • there is no right or wrong language
  • a set of rules based on how people think language should be used

Question 10

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Which of the following describe prescriptive grammar?
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  • a set of rules based on how people think language should be used
  • a set of rules about language based on how it is actually used
  • there is no right or wrong language

Question 11

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Which of the following describe Standard English
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  • Refers to whatever form of the English language is accepted as a national norm in any English-speaking country.
  • It encompasses grammar, vocabulary and spelling.
  • abbreviated as SE

Question 12

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a ​form of a ​language that is ​spoken in a ​particular ​part of a ​country or by a ​particular ​group of ​people and that ​contains some words, ​grammar, or ​pronunciations (= the ​ways in which words are said) that are different from the ​forms used in other ​parts or by other ​groups This definition matches which of the following terms?
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  • dialect
  • lexicon
  • slides
  • liquids

Question 13

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Which of the following are vowels?
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  • a
  • b
  • c
  • e
  • i
  • p

Question 14

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Which of the following are consonants?
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  • a
  • b
  • e
  • m
  • d
  • o

Question 15

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The ​sounds /w/, /l/, and /r/ are ​examples of approximants in ​English.
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  • True
  • False

Question 16

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English has two liquid phonemes, one lateral, /l/ and one rhotic, /ɹ/, exemplified in the words led and red.
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  • True
  • False

Question 17

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Glide consonants, also known as semivowels /j/ /w/. Sounds with little or no obstruction to the airstream in the mouth.
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  • True
  • False

Question 18

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The /s/ in "said" and the /z/ in "​zoo" are fricatives.
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  • True
  • False

Question 19

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P is an unvoiced sound (no vibration of the vocal cords) and B is a voiced sound (vocal cords vibrate).
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  • True
  • False

Question 20

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Linguistics is the study of the way animals move and work together.
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  • True
  • False
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