Phonology
Which speech organ is primarily used to produce the English sound /t/?
The tongue (touching the alveolar ridge).
How many morphemes are in the word unhappiness?
Three morphemes.
What branch of linguistics studies the meaning of words and sentences?
Semantics.
What is the smallest unit of sound that can distinguish meaning in a language?
A phoneme.
What type of morpheme can stand alone as a complete word?
A free morpheme.
These three words belong to the same semantic category. What is that category?
Animals (or mammals).
What phonological process occurs when the plural ending is pronounced as /s/ in cats, /z/ in dogs, and /ɪz/ in buses?
Allomorphy (phonologically conditioned allomorphs).
Which affix changes the meaning of the word by indicating repetition?
The prefix re-.
What do we call two words that have opposite meanings, such as hot and cold?
Antonyms.