Morphology
What is affix or affixization?
Affix/Affixization is a process to attach a bound morpheme to a stem
What is the origen of the word Syntax?
A) Latin
B) Greek
C) English
D) French
B) Greek
1. My roommate ---- about all the bugs since we moved in.
A) to be complaining
B) complained
C) had complained
D) has been complaining
E) will be complaining
D) has been complaining
Which of the following consonants are bilabial?
A) /t/ and /d/
B) /f/ and /v/
C) /k/ and /g/
D) /p/ and /b/
D) /p/ and /b/
What is the main focus of Pragmatics?
A) The study of contextual meaning and how it influences what is said.
B) The analysis of the grammatical structure of sentences.
C) The interpretation of literary texts.
D) The study of individual word meanings in utterances.
A) The study of contextual meaning and how it influences what is said.
What is the difference between prefix and suffix?
Prefix a bound morpheme that attaches to the beginning of the stem
Suffix a bound morpheme that attaches to the end of the stem
What is Syntax?
A) A new english word
B) The set of rules for forming sentences
C) A type of punctuation
D) A common mistake in English
B) The set of rules for forming sentences
All of these houses, ---- are falling apart already, will be put down.
A) what
B) that
C) for which
D) which
E) where
D) which
Are son and sun pronounced the same way?
A) Yes
B) No
A) Yes
What is the main focus of pragmatics?
A) Interpreting the speaker meaning
B) Studying word or sentence meaning
C) Exploring the relationship between words and users
D) Understanding contextual meaning
A) Interpreting the speaker meaning
What is the difference between free morpheme and bound morpheme?
Free morpheme can be used as a single word by itself
Bound morpheme cannot be used by itself and it must always be attached to the stem (free morpheme)
For example, i)cellphones consists of cell (free), phone (free) and -s (bound)
Which of the following is a type of syntax?
A) Generative syntax
B) Generous syntax
C) Gender syntax
D) General syntax
A) Generative syntax
He drove instead of flying ---- he could stop by his uncle on the way there.
A) so that
B) in case
C) hence
D) however
E) moreover
A) so that
Does "of" have an f sound or a v sound?
A) f
B) v
B) v
How does the 2nd Dimension of pragmatics illustrate the influence of context on meaning?
A) By examining non-verbal communication
B) By interpreting what people exactly mean in a specific context
C) Through the study of cultural influences
D) By analyzing metaphors and similes
B) By interpreting what people exactly mean in a specific context
What is the difference between inflection and derivation?
a) Inflectional morpheme only indicates a different aspect of the word (e.g., different number, gender, past- or presenttense etc.)
b) Derivational morpheme often changes the part-of-speech of a word and incurs a significant change in the meaning of the word
What does subject-verb agreement in English syntax refer to?
A) The subject and the verb must agree in number
B) The subject and the verb must in capital letters
C) The subject and the verb must be in different sentences
D) The subject and the verb must be in different languages
A) The subject and the verb must agree in number
We lost our final game and ---- we didn't make it to the top 16.
A) therefore
B) notwithstanding
C) however
D) since
E) providing
A) therefore
The scientific study of human language?
A) linguistics
B) pragmatics
C) phonetics
D) syntax
A) linguistics
Which act consists of the basic utterance producing a meaningful linguistic expression?
A) Locutionary act
B) Speech act
C) Illocutionary act
D) Perlocutionary act
A) Locutionary act
What is the word formation process that ocurred in the following words: math, fridge, photo?
a)Blending
b)Cipping
c)Backformation
b)Clipping
Clipping is the process when a long word is shorten a by taking a part of it. Math- mathematics, fridge-refrigerator, photo- photograph.
This is a sentence that according to its structure has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction.
a)Simple sentence
b)Complex sentence
c)Compound sentence
c)Compound sentence
Complete the sentence with the correct option
The researcher´s findings were valid _____ they were based on a large and diverse sample size.
a)however,
b)inasmuch as
c)because of
b)inasmuch as
What is an allophone ?
Allophones are the linguistically non-significant variants of each phoneme. In other words a phoneme may be realised by more than one speech sound and the selection of each variant is usually conditioned by the phonetic environment of the phoneme.
What is denotation?
it is a process where a word is interpreted in a very literal sense or objective way, where the emotion is not taken into account.