phonetics & phonology
An example is this sound: /aɪ/
What is a dipthong?
Also correct: what is the IPA transcription for "I" or "eye"?
For example, the "dis-" in disinformation.
What is a derivational bound morpheme?
Also correct: What is a prefix?
The relationship between "pass" and "fail," for example.
What is complementary/non-gradable antonyms?
Instrumental and integrative are the two types of this in L2 learning.
What is motivation?
She be callin' and textin' me
What is AAVE's habitual "be"?
The description of this sound: /θ/
What is a voiceless interdental fricative?
The part of speech for the word "fun"
What is an adjective?
Also acceptable: What is an adverb?
(Correct answer dependent on the example sentence)
The relationship between "social media" and "TikTok"
What is hypernym/superordinate and hyponym?
"I felled" is an example of this.
What is overgeneralization (of the past tense -ed morpheme)?
Examples of this include "frist" changed to "first" and "ask" changed to "aks"
What is metathesis?
[hɑlɪdeɪz]
What is the word "holidays" written in the IPA?
In "She likes pizza" the underlined morpheme is this.
What is 3rd person singular -s?
Also correct: What is a bound inflectional morpheme?
An example is this sentence: "I hate to bother you, but do you know what time it is?"
What is negative face?
Also correct: What is indirect speech act?
The theory that humans are born pre-wired for language.
What is the innateness hypothesis?
Also acceptable: What is Universal Grammar?
This social marker in speech was used by Labov to show that language varies by socioeconomic status.
What is post-vocalic /r/?
A natural class of sounds: /p/, /t/, /k/
What are voiceless stops?
For example, the past tense -ed in English can be said as /t/, /ɪd/, /d/, or may be dropped altogether.
What is an allomorph?
This is the semantic role of the underlined word in the sentence "The child opened the present."
What is theme?
L2 teaching approach that uses oral drills to instill accurate L2 behaviors
English has been called a creole because of this event in the language's history.
What is the Norman French invasion of England in 1066 which led to an increase in French loanwords?
This is the IPA transcription for the word "trying"
What is /tʃraɪjɪŋ/, /tʃrajɪŋ/, or [tʃraɪjɪ̃ŋ]
This is the syntax tree for "The turkey ate the yummy stuffing."
See whiteboard for answer
An example of this is "Lauren got married, then she went on a honeymoon with her new husband."
What is anaphora?
These are the typical language acquisition milestones a baby will go through.
What is cooing, babbling, one-word/holophrastic stage, two-word stage, telegraphic/multiple-word speech?
Although many languages are dying, these are some that have been brought back or are new natural languages.
What are Hebrew, Nicaraguan Sign Language, and/or creoles?