Language and Linguistics Objective Question and Answer
Language and Linguistics MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 3 for Practice
Language and Linguistics MCQ Questions for Practice
61. The –or in actor is
Correct Answer is: Possessive morpheme
62. The phonemes which do not occur in the same linguistic environment and which when occur so, do not bring about a change in meaning are said to be in
Correct Answer is: None of the above
63. The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of..............assimilation
Correct Answer is: None of the above
64. The present-tense form of the verb read and its past-tense which is pronounced as red is an example of
Correct Answer is: Homographs
65. The process by which one speech sound gets changed to another under the influence of another
Correct Answer is: Progression
66. The processes of word formation whereby new words are formed by subtracting a root by deleting final syllable which is misunderstood as a suffix.
Correct Answer is: Derivation
67. The processes of word formation wherein new words are coined by combining the segments of two different existing words.
Correct Answer is: Backformation
68. The processes of word formation wherein one or more syllables are removed from an existing long words
Correct Answer is: Derivation
69. The processes of word formation wherein two or more existing words are simply combined.
Correct Answer is: Backformation
70. The pronunciation of English practised by the educated people at the public schools came to be called
Correct Answer is: Recognized pronunciation
71. The r in red is articulated as a
Correct Answer is: Semi-vowel
72. The –s in boys is
Correct Answer is: Past morpheme
73. The –s in johns is
Correct Answer is: Past morpheme
74. The –s in she sings well is
Correct Answer is: Possessive morpheme
75. The shortened forms like photo for photograph is an instance of
Correct Answer is: Metanalysis
76. The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and juncture are called
Correct Answer is: Prosodic features
77. The study of elementary speech sounds is called
Correct Answer is: Semantics
78. The study of meaning is called
Correct Answer is: Syntax
79. The study of the way that sequences of words are ordered into phrases, clauses, and sentences is called
Correct Answer is: Semantics
80. The study ordering of speech sounds into the smallest meaningful groups is called
Correct Answer is: Semantics
81. The substitution of the aspirated /k/ for the un-aspirated /k/ in the word sky does not alter the meaning of the word. It is an instance of
Correct Answer is: None of the above
82. The system of phonetic notation composed of symbols and letters devised by the International Phonetic Association is
Correct Answer is: The intelligible phonetic script
83. The systematic study of signs is called
Correct Answer is: Neither a not b
84. The term semiology was introduced by
Correct Answer is: Edward Sapir
85. The term semiotics was introduced by
Correct Answer is: Edward Sapir
86. The term which is used to designate words which are spelt differently but pronounced alike and which are different in meaning.
Correct Answer is: Homonyms
87. The term..............refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even words in continuous speech
Correct Answer is: None of the above
88. The theory of Transformational Generative Grammar is contained in
Correct Answer is: Leonard Bloomfields Language
89. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of human instinct to imitate sounds
Correct Answer is: The Gesture theory
90. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of the involuntary exclamations of pain, surprise, pleasure or wonder
