Deck 2: Linguistics and Language Study: Concepts and Terminology

Question 1

Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of the individual speaking or writing a given language?

A)language
B)parole
C)performance
D)both parole and performance

Answer 1

both parole and performance

Question 2

-------refers to the linguistic norm specific to a geographical area, social class or status affecting mutual intelligibility

A)dialect
B)idiolect
C)register
D)slang

Answer 2

dialect

Question 3

--------is the totality of the speech habits of an individual

A)dialect
B)idiolect
C)register
D)slang

Answer 3

idiolect

Question 4

A collection of similar Idiolect make up -------

A)dialect
B)idiolects
C)register
D)slang

Question 5

A person who has the ability to use only one language is called-----

A)monologue
B)monolingual
C)monologal
D)none of the above

Question 6

A person who can use two languages is called-----

A)biolingual
B)bilingual
C)duo-lingual
D)duo-langual

Question 7

A person who can use more than two languages:

A)multilingual
B)poly-lingual
C)bilingual
D)poly-langual

Question 8

-------refers to an individual's equal and native command of two or more languages

A)bilingualism
B)poly-glotism
C)multilingualism
D)none of the above

Question 9

-------------is the study of how the mentally represented grammar of language is employed in the production and comprehension of speech

A)socio-linguistics
B)psycho-linguistics
C)neuron-linguistics
D)physio -linguistics

Question 10

-------is the discipline where the methodological perspectives of both linguistics and sociology converges

A)linguistics of sociology
B)socio-linguistics
C)sociology of linguistics
D)none of these

Question 11

Which among the following does not constitute the scientific nature of linguistics

A)systematic gathering and analysis of data
B)determination of causal relationship between facts
C)chronological presentation of data
D)verification, validation and generalization.

Question 12

Which among the following does not constitute the general methodology of science

A)controlled observation
B)hypothesis formulation
C)analysis, generalization and prediction
D)speculation

Question 13

Which among the following is not an aim of linguistics

A)to study the nature of language
B)to establish a theory of language
C)to propound stories of the origin of language
D)to describe a language and all languages

Question 14

Which among the following is not a branch of linguistics

A)phonology
B)morphology
C)semantics
D)philology

Question 15

The older term used to designate the study of languages is------

A)philology
B)haplology
C)phonology
D)semiology

Question 16

The study of elementary speech sounds is called----

A)phonology
B)morphology
C)syntax
D)semantics

Question 17

The study ordering of speech sounds into the smallest meaningful groups is called----

A)phonology
B)morphology
C)syntax
D)semantics

Question 18

The study of the way that sequences of words are ordered into phrases, clauses, and sentences is called------

A)phonology
B)morphology
C)syntax
D)semantics

Question 19

The study of meaning is called----

A)phonology
B)morphology
C)syntax
D)semantics

Question 20

-------is the basis of all sounds in English language and in most languages in India.

A)the pulmonic air stream mechanism
B)the glotalic air stream mechanism
C)the velaric air stream mechanism
D)none of the above.

Question 21

------is a monosyllabic vowel combination of a diphthong and a the weak vowel

A)triaphthong
B)triaphone
C)triphthong
D)triology

Question 22

----------are gliding sounds during the articulation of which, the speech organs glide from one vowel position to another

A)diphthongs
B)triphthongs
C)semi-vowels
D)minimal pairs

Question 23

--------are the different concrete phonetic variation of the same phoneme

A)allophones
B)triphthongs
C)semi-vowels
D)minimal pairs

Question 24

---- is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme

A)syllable
B)stress
C)intonation
D)pitch.

Question 25

----is the process by which one speech sound gets changed to another under the influence of another

A)onomatopoeia
B)assimilation
C)regression
D)progression