Exam 2: Linguistic Principle

The initial sounds in the words big and dig are:

A representation of how words in a sentence are grouped into larger phrases (i.e., constituents) is known as:

A characteristic that distinguishes each phoneme from every other is called a(n):

The phonological rule "A word cannot begin with two stop consonants" is:

In contrast with transformational grammar, lexical theories place:

A grammar is:

Bresnan's lexical-functional grammar:

The set of rules needed to generate a sentence is called its:

Transformational rules differ from phrase-structure rules in that:

In English, the basic word order is:

The system of rules that governs how different forms of the same word may be used convey different shades of meaning is referred to as:

The concept that a language contains a large number of meaningful words and also contains a small number of elements that combine to form words is known as:

The smallest meaningful unit in language is called a:

A theory of language capable of specifying acceptable and unacceptable sequences in a language is said to have:

If two distinct phrase markers can be derived for a single sentence, the sentence is said to be:

A theory of language that explains the role of linguistic universals in evolution is said to have:

Which of the following is an example of deep structure ambiguity?

The smallest unit of sound that makes a difference in meaning is a(n):

Linguistic productivity is best described as the ability to:

Which is NOT true of the null-subject parameter?