phonetics & phonology
morphology & syntax
semantics & pragmatics
language acquisition
language change & variation
100

An example is this sound: /aɪ/

What is a dipthong?

Also correct: what is the IPA transcription for "I" or "eye"? 

100

For example, the "dis-" in disinformation.

What is a derivational bound morpheme? 

Also correct: What is a prefix?

100

The relationship between "pass" and "fail," for example. 

What is complementary/non-gradable antonyms? 

100

Instrumental and integrative are the two types of this in L2 learning. 

What is motivation?

100

She be callin' and textin' me

What is AAVE's habitual "be"?

200

The description of this sound: /θ/

What is a voiceless interdental fricative?

200

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)

200

The relationship between "social media" and "TikTok"

What is hypernym/superordinate and hyponym?

200

"I felled" is an example of this.

What is overgeneralization (of the past tense -ed morpheme)?

200

Examples of this include "frist" changed to "first" and "ask" changed to "aks"

What is metathesis? 

300

[hɑlɪdeɪz]

What is the word "holidays" written in the IPA?

300

In "She likes pizza" the underlined morpheme is this.

What is 3rd person singular -s? 

Also correct: What is a bound inflectional morpheme?

300

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?

300

The theory that humans are born pre-wired for language.

What is the innateness hypothesis? 

Also acceptable: What is Universal Grammar?

300

This social marker in speech was used by Labov to show that language varies by socioeconomic status. 

What is post-vocalic /r/?

400

A natural class of sounds: /p/, /t/, /k/

What are voiceless stops? 

400

For example, the past tense -ed in English can be said as /t/, /ɪd/, /d/, or may be dropped altogether.

What is an allomorph? 

400

This is the semantic role of the underlined word in the sentence "The child opened the present."

What is theme? 

400

L2 teaching approach that uses oral drills to instill accurate L2 behaviors

What is the audiolingual method?
400

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?

500

This is the IPA transcription for the word "trying"

What is /tʃraɪjɪŋ/,  /tʃrajɪŋ/, or [tʃraɪjɪ̃ŋ] 

500

This is the syntax tree for "The turkey ate the yummy stuffing."

See whiteboard for answer

500

An example of this is "Lauren got married, then she went on a honeymoon with her new husband." 

What is anaphora? 

500

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?

500

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?