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Quiz by Wen K Chien, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Wen K Chien
over 6 years ago
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Question 1
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What is Linguistics
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The study of language
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The study of math
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The study of movie
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The study of health
Question 2
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What is Phonemics
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It is not study of the distribution of sound systems in human language
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It is the study of the distribution of sound systems in human languages
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It can be everything about words written in any language
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None of the above
Question 3
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What is phonology?
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It Is not the basis for further work in morphology, syntax, discourse, and orthography design
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It is about writing
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It is sound only
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It Is the basis for further work in morphology, syntax, discourse, and orthography design
Question 4
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What is morphology
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It is study of external structure of the word
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It is study of Chinese langauge
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It is study of French
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Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words
Question 5
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What is sociolinguistics?
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It is the slang we use in daily life
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It is the idioms we can overhear on the street
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It is the descriptive study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context
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It is the language ancient people spoke
Question 6
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Which of the following correctly identify "Communication" in linguistic
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It is a specific term of art used to capture a number of different senses of the word "meaning", independently from its linguistic uses
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It is a general term of art used to capture a number of different senses of the word "meaning", independently from its linguistic uses
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It is the conversation among people in group
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It is the talking between two only
Question 7
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Check the following description linking Syntax in linguistic
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It is the study of the principles and rules for constructing phrases and sentences in a language
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The example of syntax is "You are afraid"
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The example of syntax is "You afraid are"
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The example syntax is "I have already eaten"
Question 8
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The correct example of "semantics" in linguistics
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someone developed the "crash"
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His grand mom takes "water pill"
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she is the great teacher so she got "golden apple" award
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I do not play "piano"
Question 9
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Which of statement below best describe Pragmatics
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Pragmatists focus on what is not explicitly stated and on how we interpret utterances in situational contexts
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It is a subfield of linguistics and semiotics that studies the ways in which context contributes to meaning
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Pragmatists focus on everything about the voice
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Pragmatists focus on literature
Question 10
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Which statement(s) below best describe Descriptive grammar?
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Experts examine the principles and patterns that underlie the use of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences
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it is the basis for dictionaries, which record changes in vocabulary and usage, and for the field of linguistics, which aims at describing languages and investigating the nature of language
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It is grammar in 5-7 grades
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It talks about the use of subjective
Question 11
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Which statement best describe Prescriptive grammar?
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The term prescriptive grammar refers to a set of norms or rules governing how a language should or should not be used rather than describing the ways in which a language is actually used
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It is a set of rules about language based on how people think language should be used. In a prescriptive grammar there is right and wrong language.
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It is similar to descriptive grammar
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It is another word for incorrect grammar
Question 12
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Which statement explain register the best?
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It is the sound we usually speak
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It is the other term for consonant
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In linguistics, a register is a variety of a language used for a particular purpose on in a particular social setting
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In linguistics, register is one of the many styles of varieties of language. It is determined by a variety of factors, including social occasion, context, purpose, and audience
Question 13
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Lexicon is the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge (such as nautical or medical). In linguistics, a lexicon is a language's inventory of lexemes
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- True
- False
Question 14
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Standard English only spoken in America
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- True
- False
Question 15
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dialect is the regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, and/or vocabulary
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- True
- False
Question 16
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AAVE is shortcut of African American Vernacular English
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- True
- False
Question 17
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All the letters in the alphabet letters of A, E, I, O, and U (called vowels) are known as consonants
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- True
- False
Question 18
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Liquid, in phonetics, a consonant sound in which the tongue produces a partial closure in the mouth, resulting in a resonant, vowel-like consonant, such as English l and r
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- True
- False
Question 19
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vowel is the letters of A, E, I, O, U
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- True
- False
Question 20
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Glides in phonetics and phonology, a semivowel or glide, also known as a non-syllabic vocoid, is a sound that is phonetically similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary, rather than as the nucleus of a syllable.
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- True
- False
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