Language And Linguistics MCQs

Option A: Three

Option B: Five

Option C: Six

Option D: None

Correct Answer: Five ✔

Option A: Grandeur Thought

Option B: Genuine Emotion

Option C: Impassioned Utterance

Option D: Splendour Style

Correct Answer: Genuine Emotion ✔

Option A: Syntagmatic

Option B: Synergy

Option C: Performance

Option D: N. O. T

Correct Answer: Syntagmatic ✔

Option A: Synchrony

Option B: Diachrony

Option C: Paradigmatic

Option D: N. O. T

Correct Answer: Synchrony ✔

Option A: Semiotics

Option B: Semantics

Option C: Paradigmatic

Option D: Parole

Correct Answer: Semiotics ✔

Option A: Productivity

Option B: Langue

Option C: Paradigmatic

Option D: Parole

Correct Answer: Productivity ✔

Option A: Performance

Option B: Parole

Option C: Paradigmatic

Option D: N. O. T

Correct Answer: Performance ✔

Option A: Langue

Option B: Parole

Option C: Paradigmatic

Option D: N. O. T

Correct Answer: Langue ✔

Option A: Both b and c

Option B: Diachrony/Synchrony

Option C: Acceptable/Unacceptable

Option D: N. O. T

Correct Answer: Acceptable/Unacceptable ✔

Option A: Sociolinguistics

Option B: Psycholinguisctics

Option C: Biolinguistics

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Psycholinguisctics ✔

Option A: Ferdenand de Sassure

Option B: Albert Chomsky

Option C: Noam Chomsky

Option D: Noah Webster

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: 22

Option B: 23

Option C: 24

Option D: 25

Correct Answer: 24 ✔

Option A: 19

Option B: 20

Option C: 21

Option D: 22

Correct Answer: 20 ✔

Option A: December 7, 1928

Option B: December 8, 1928

Option C: December 9, 1928

Option D: December 10, 1928

Correct Answer: December 7, 1928 ✔

Option A: Noam Chomsky

Option B: Ferdenand De Sassure

Option C: None of these

Option D: Both A and B

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Noam Chomsky

Option B: Ferdenand De Sassure

Option C: Steven Pinker

Option D: Enoch Powell

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Noam Chomsky

Option B: Ferdenand De Sassure

Option C: Leon Battista Alberti

Option D: Enoch Powell

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: 1950

Option B: 1951

Option C: 1952

Option D: 1953

Correct Answer: 1950 ✔

Option A: Sassure

Option B: Enoch Powel

Option C: Noam Chomsky

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Synchrony

Option B: Diachrony

Option C: Both a and b

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Diachrony ✔

Option A: 1975

Option B: 1976

Option C: 1977

Option D: 1988

Correct Answer: 1975 ✔

A. 1957
B  1958
C. 1959
D. 1960

Correct Answer: 1957 ✔

Option A: Psycho linguistics

Option B: Sociolinguistics

Option C: Comparative linguistics

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Comparative linguistics ✔

A. The study of the structure of sounds and symbols.

B.t study of the structure of letters.

C. The study of the structure of words 

D. N. O. T

Correct Answer: The study of the structure of words  ✔

Option A: Smog

Option B: UNESCO

Option C: Buzz

Option D: Edit

Correct Answer: UNESCO ✔

Option A: Smog

Option B: UNESCO

Option C: Buzz

Option D: Edit

Correct Answer: Smog ✔

Option A: Compounding

Option B: Acronym

Option C: Re__duplicates

Option D: Conversion

Correct Answer: Acronym ✔

Option A: Compounding

Option B: Portmanteau

Option C: Derivation

Option D: Backformation

Correct Answer: Backformation ✔

Option A: Compounding

Option B: Portmanteau

Option C: Derivation

Option D: Backformation

Correct Answer: Portmanteau ✔

Option A: Compounding

Option B: Portmanteau

Option C: Derivation

Option D: Backformation.

Correct Answer: Backformation. ✔

Option A: Portmanteau

Option B: Onomatopoeia

Option C: Clipping

Option D: Met analysis

Correct Answer: Met analysis ✔

Option A: Compounding

Option B: Portmanteau

Option C: Derivation

Option D: Backformation.

Correct Answer: Portmanteau ✔

Option A: Lateral plosion

Option B: Alveolar plosion

Option C: Nasal plosion

Option D: Incomplete plosion.

Correct Answer: Lateral plosion ✔

Option A: Bilabial plosion

Option B: Alveolar plosion

Option C: Nasal plosion

Option D: Incomplete plosion.

Correct Answer: Nasal plosion ✔

Option A: /p/ & /b/

Option B: /m/ & /v/

Option C: /t/ &/d/

Option D: /k/ & /g/

Correct Answer: /k/ & /g/ ✔

Option A: /p/ & /b/

Option B: /m/ & /v/

Option C: /t/ &/d/

Option D: /k/ & /g/

Correct Answer: /p/ & /b/ ✔

Option A: The position of the lips

Option B: The part of the tongue that is raised

Option C: The height to which the tongue is raised

Option D: All the abovE.

Correct Answer: The height to which the tongue is raised ✔

Option A: The position of the lips

Option B: The part of the tongue that is raised

Option C: The height to which the tongue is raised

Option D: All the above.

Correct Answer: The height to which the tongue is raised ✔

Option A: The position of the lips

Option B: The part of the tongue that is raised

Option C: The height to which the tongue is raised

Option D: All the abovE.

Correct Answer: The height to which the tongue is raised ✔

Option A: The position of the lips

Option B: The part of the tongue that is raised

Option C: The height to which the tongue is raised

Option D: All the abovE.

Correct Answer: The part of the tongue that is raised ✔

Option A: Round vowels & unrounded vowels

Option B: Front vowels & back vowels

Option C: High vowels & low vowels

Option D: Tense vowels &lax vowels

Correct Answer: Tense vowels &lax vowels ✔

Option A: Round vowels & unrounded vowels

Option B: Front vowels & back vowels

Option C: High vowels & low vowels

Option D: Tense vowels &lax vowels

Correct Answer: Front vowels & back vowels ✔

Option A: The position of the lips

Option B: The part of the tongue that is raised

Option C: The height to which the tongue is raised

Option D: All the abovE.

Correct Answer: The position of the lips ✔

Option A: Complementary distribution

Option B: Contrastive distribution

Option C: Non__complementary distribution

Option D: None of the abovE.

Correct Answer: Complementary distribution ✔

Option A: Standard English

Option B: Received Pronunciation

Option C: Standard pronunciation

Option D: Recognized pronunciation

Correct Answer: Received Pronunciation ✔

Option A: 1889

Option B: 1998

Option C: 1989

Option D: 1888

Correct Answer: 1998 ✔

Option A: Multisyllabic

Option B: Disyllabic

Option C: Try syllabic

Option D: Polysyllabic

Correct Answer: Multisyllabic ✔

Option A: Monosyllabic

Option B: Disyllabic

Option C: Try syllabic

Option D: Polysyllabic

Correct Answer: Polysyllabic ✔

Option A: Allophones

Option B: Allomorphs

Option C: Morpheme variants

Option D: Minimal pairs

Correct Answer: Allophones ✔

Option A: Allophones

Option B: Allomorphs

Option C: Morpheme variants

Option D: Minimal pairs

Correct Answer: Allophones ✔

Option A: To account by its rules for the infinite sentences of a language

Option B: To be explicit about the grammaticality of sentences

Option C: To predict all and the only possible grammatical sentences of a language

Option D: All the above.

Correct Answer: All the above. ✔

Option A: Chomsky’s “Syntactic Structures”

Option B: Chomsky’s “Aspects of the theory of Syntax”

Option C: Leonard Bloomfield’s “Language”

Option D: Both “a’ & “b”

Correct Answer: Both “a’ & “b” ✔

Option A: Leonard Bloomfield & Noam Chomsky

Option B: Leonard Bloomfield & Max__Muller

Option C: Max__Muller & Herman Gundert

Option D: Edward Sapir & Ferdinand de Saussure

Correct Answer: Leonard Bloomfield & Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Portmanteau

Option B: Onomatopoeia

Option C: Clipping

Option D: Metanalysis

Correct Answer: Clipping ✔

Option A: An adjective forming morpheme

Option B: Plural morpheme

Option C: Possessive morpheme

Option D: Morpheme signaling third person singular.

Correct Answer: Morpheme signaling third person singular. ✔

Option A: An adjective forming morpheme

Option B: Plural morpheme

Option C: Possessive morpheme

Option D: Noun forming morpheme

Correct Answer: Noun forming morpheme ✔

Option A: An adjective forming morpheme

Option B: Plural morpheme

Option C: Possessive morpheme

Option D: Past morpheme

Correct Answer: Possessive morpheme ✔

Option A: An adjective forming morpheme

Option B: Plural morpheme

Option C: Possessive morpheme

Option D: Past morpheme

Correct Answer: An adjective forming morpheme ✔

Option A: Allophones

Option B: Allomorphs

Option C: Minimal pairs

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Allomorphs ✔

Option A: A free morpheme

Option B: Free variation

Option C: Bound morpheme

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: A free morpheme ✔

Option A: Syllable

Option B: Phoneme

Option C: Morpheme

Option D: Allomorph

Correct Answer: Morpheme ✔

Option A: Bilabial

Option B: Bilabial__nasal

Option C: Velar

Option D: Glottal

Correct Answer: Bilabial ✔

Option A: Only one

Option B: Two

Option C: Innumerable

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Two ✔

Option A: Alliteration

Option B: Assonance

Option C: Elision

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Elision ✔

Option A: Stress

Option B: Pitch

Option C: Intonation

Option D: JuncturE.

Correct Answer: JuncturE. ✔

Option A: Only one

Option B: Two

Option C: Three

Option D: Four

Correct Answer: Two ✔

Option A: Stress

Option B: Pitch

Option C: Intonation

Option D: Juncture

Correct Answer: Stress ✔

Option A: Suprasegmentals

Option B: Morphemes

Option C: Allomorphs

Option D: Allophones

Correct Answer: Suprasegmentals ✔

Option A: Syllabic consonants

Option B: Sibilants

Option C: Suffixes

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Syllabic consonants ✔

Option A: Syllabic consonants

Option B: Sibilants

Option C: Suffixes

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Syllabic consonants ✔

Option A: Allophones

Option B: Homophones

Option C: Homographs

Option D: Homonyms

Correct Answer: Homographs ✔

Option A: Allophones

Option B: Homophones

Option C: Homographs

Option D: Homonyms

Correct Answer: Homonyms ✔

Option A: Allophones

Option B: Homophones

Option C: Homographs

Option D: Homonyms

Correct Answer: Homophones ✔

Option A: Semi__vowels

Option B: Laterals

Option C: Sibilants

Option D: Trills.

Correct Answer: Semi__vowels ✔

Option A: Two

Option B: Three

Option C: Four

Option D: Five

Correct Answer: Three ✔

Option A: Trill

Option B: Lateral

Option C: Frictionless continuant

Option D: Semi__vowel

Correct Answer: Trill ✔

Option A: Sibilant

Option B: Lateral

Option C: Nasal

Option D: Semi__vowel

Correct Answer: Sibilant ✔

Option A: Plosives

Option B: Affricates

Option C: fricatives

Option D: Trill

Correct Answer: fricatives ✔

Option A: Plosives

Option B: Affricates

Option C: fricatives

Option D: Trill

Correct Answer: Affricates ✔

Option A: The falling

Option B: The rising

Option C: The fall__rise

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The fall__rise ✔

Option A: The falling

Option B: The rising

Option C: The fall__rise

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The rising ✔

Option A: The falling

Option B: The rising

Option C: The fall__rise

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The falling ✔

Option A: The falling

Option B: The rising

Option C: The fall__rise

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The falling ✔

Option A: The falling

Option B: The rising

Option C: The fall__rise

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The falling ✔

Option A: Progressive

Option B: Regressive

Option C: Reciprocal

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Progressive ✔

Option A: Progressive

Option B: regressive

Option C: reciprocal

Option D: Regressive

Correct Answer: reciprocal ✔

Option A: Progressive

Option B: Regressive

Option C: Reciprocal

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Regressive ✔

Option A: Supra__segmental phonemes

Option B: Secondary phonemes

Option C: Prosodic features

Option D: All the above.

Correct Answer: All the above. ✔

Option A: Palato__alveolar

Option B: Palatal

Option C: Velar

Option D: Bilabial

Correct Answer: Palato__alveolar ✔

Option A: Dental

Option B: Labio__dental

Option C: Bilabial

Option D: Alveolar

Correct Answer: Labio__dental ✔

Option A: Glottal

Option B: Velar

Option C: Palatal

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Glottal ✔

Option A: Post__alveolar

Option B: Palate__alveolar

Option C: Palatal

Option D: Velar

Correct Answer: Post__alveolar ✔

Option A: Post__alveolar

Option B: Palate__alveolar

Option C: Palatal

Option D: Velar

Correct Answer: Palatal ✔

Option A: Dental

Option B: Labio__dental

Option C: Bilabial

Option D: Alveolar

Correct Answer: Dental ✔

Option A: Dental

Option B: Bilabial

Option C: Labio__dental

Option D: Alveolar

Correct Answer: Bilabial ✔

Option A: Syllable

Option B: Stress

Option C: Intonation

Option D: Pitch.

Correct Answer: Syllable ✔

Option A: Diphthongs

Option B: Triphthongs

Option C: Semi__vowels

Option D: Minimal pairs

Correct Answer: Minimal pairs ✔

Option A: Triaphthong

Option B: Triaphone

Option C: Triphthong

Option D: Triology

Correct Answer: Triphthong ✔

Option A: Phonology

Option B: Morphology

Option C: Syntax

Option D: Semantics

Correct Answer: Semantics ✔

Option A: Philology

Option B: Phonology

Option C: Phonetics

Option D: linguistics

Correct Answer: linguistics ✔