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Methodology and Communication
Phonetics and Phonology
Grammar
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Word Formation
100

What was the main goal of the Audiolingual Method?

The main goal of the Audiolingual Method was rapid and efficient language acquisition through extensive oral instruction, dialogues, pattern drills, and repetitive exercises.

100

According to the place of articulation and the position of the tongue, how can vowels be classified into?

- Front

- Centre

- Back

100

How do we express "entire or complete" and is used with singular countable nouns and preceded by a determiner: the, my, this, etc?

Whole

100

What two clasees can register be divided into?

            Open Register 

            Closed Register 

100

How can prefixes be classified  according to the lexical-grammatical character of the base prefix?


  • Deverbal: those added to the verbal base (e.g. re-write; over-do).
  • Denominal: those added to the nominal base (e.g. un-button; ex-president).
  • Deadjectival: those added to the adjectival base (e.g. un-easy).


            

200

Who is the main representative of Behaviorism?

Skinner

200

According to the degree in which the tongue is raised, how can vowels be classified into?

  • High    
  • Mid
  • Low
200

What is the most frequent position of attributive adjectives

It's right before the noun they modify

200

What is cataphora?

A type of endophoric reference in which an element refers to another which has not been mentioned.

200

What are the minor processes of word formation?


  • Reduplication
  • Clipping
  • Blending
  • Acronym
300

According to Halliday, what are the three overarching "macro-functions" of language?

Ideational (representing experience), Interpersonal (facilitating social interaction), and Textual (organizing language into cohesive text).

300

According to the place of articulation how can be consonants classified? 

Bilabial, Alveolar, Dental, Palato-alveolar, Retroflex, Palatal, Labial-velar, Glottal

300

How are adverbs of manner formed?

They are formed by adding the suffix “-ly” to the base adjective:

300

Types of ellipsis

  • Nominal ellipsis
  • Verbal ellipsis
  • Clausal ellipsis
300

Name 5 prefixes of degree or size 

  • Ante-
  • Hyper-
  • Out-
  • Over-
  • Super-
  • Sur-
  • Ultra-
  • Under-
400

Who wrote “Competence and Performance in Linguistic Theory”?

Dell Hymes

400

What are the six organs involved in articulations of sounds?

  • Lungs, larynx and vocal cords, palate, tongue, teeth and lips.
400

How can Time adjuncts be divided?

  • Time-when adjuncts.
  • Time-duration adjuncts.
  • Time-frequency adjuncts.
  • Two-time relationships
  • Similar time duration adjuncts: yet, already, still
400

What are the elements of the articulaton of narrative texts?

Time

Narrator and Focalisation

Characters

Settings

400

What is the difference between homonymy and polisemy?

  • In Homonymy, the words only share the same signifier or external form, There is no connection between the meanings of the two words.
  • In Polysemy, the words share the same signifier and their meanings are interrelated.
500

What are the six elements of communication according to Jackovson?

  • Addresser, Addressee, Context, Message, Channel, Code


500

According to the manner of articulation, how can consonats be classified?

  • plosives: /p b t d k g/
  • fricatives: /f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ h/
  • affricates: /tʃ dʒ/
  • nasals: /m n ŋ/
  • lateral-approximant: /l/
  • approximants: /w j r/
500

Name three famous grammarians

Leech, G.

Quirk, R.; 

Greenbaum, S. 

Thomson, A.J.

Martinet A.V.

500

What are the main constitutive principles of the explicative texts?

  • Situationality
  • Informativity
  • Intertextuality 
  • Intentionality
  • Acceptability
500

Categories of Antonyms

  • Ungradable antonyms
  • Gradable antonyms