PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
Name three organs involved in speech production
three of these: larynx, pharynx, vocal cords, nasal cavity, oral cavity, lips, and tongue
give three examples for content words
nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs (any of them, for ex. bread, run, sad, slowly etc.)
What is the basic word order of a simple sentence in English? give an example
SVO Susan likes apples
Are deixis, reference, and speech acts concepts studied in semantics or pragmatics?
pragmatics
What is L1?
First language/native language/ mother tongue
Name three branches of phonetics
Articulatory, acoustic, auditory
How many morphemes are there in the word undesirability
four morphemes un + desire + able + ity
What is the underlined part in the sentence below?
The police officer visits the prisoner in the jail.
Prepositional phrase (PP)
__________ is to show our consideration of another person’s self-image during the conversation. It can be positive or negative
politeness
What is modified input?
Modified input is language that is adjusted or simplified so that learners can better understand the speaker’s meaning.
Look at the following pair of words:
hat /hæt/ and cat /kæt/
They differ by only one sound but have different meanings.
What is this called in phonetics?
minimal pairs
How do you analyze the word unpredictability morphologically
un- → bound morpheme (prefix, “not”)
predict → free morpheme (root)
-able → bound morpheme (derivational suffix)
-ity → bound morpheme (derivational suffix)
What do we call a language that relies heavily on word order?
Configurational Language (e.g. English)
What semantic relation do White House illustrate?
The White House announced new policies today.
metonymy (White House - President)
what does i+1 mean in SLA?
i+1 in Second Language Acquisition means language input that is slightly above the learner’s current level, helping them understand most of it while learning something new.
onset, rhyme(nucelus+coda) - these are the constituent parts of a ___________
SYLLABLE
How many morphemes are there in the word undesirability
four morphemes
How do we call this type of constituent analysis in syntax?
[S [NP The Cat][VP [V chased][NP the mouse]]] [S [NP [Det The] [N Cat]][VP [V chased][NP [Det the] [N mouse]]]
labeled bracketing
Is the word lead (1. metal, 2. to guide or go in front) an example of:
A) Polysemy
B) Homograph
C) Homophone
homograph
What is the difference between Second language and Foreign language
A second language is an official or socially dominant language used for education, employment, and basic purposes, while a foreign language is not widely used in the learner’s immediate social context and is studied for future or cross-cultural communication.
The three English _ _ _ _ _ s are all voiced; [m] is bilabial, ram, [n] is alveolar,ran, and [ŋ] velar, rang
NASAL
The following are the common examples of ___________ • Machine noises—honk, beep, vroom, clang, zap, boing • Animal names—cuckoo, whip-poor-will, whooping crane, chickadee
Onomatopoeia
How do we call this type of constituent analysis in syntax?
[S [NP The Cat][VP [V chased][NP the mouse]]] [S [NP [Det The] [N Cat]][VP [V chased][NP [Det the] [N mouse]]]
labeled bracketing
In hyponymy, for example:
flower – orchid, rose;
animal – cat, monkey;
what do we call the first words (flower, animal, ) and the latter words (orchid, rose, cat, monkey)?
Super ordinate and subordinate
What concept does this example illustrate?
An Uzbek learner of English says: “She coffee very likes ” instead of “She likes coffee very much.”