Language and Linguistics Objective Question and Answer
Language and Linguistics MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 5 for Practice
121. Which among the following is an example for portmanteau
Correct Answer is: Smog
122. Which among the following is an exception to the property of arbitrariness of language?
Correct Answer is: Onomatopoeia
123. Which among the following is not a branch of linguistics
Correct Answer is: Philology
124. Which among the following is not a characteristic feature of language?
Correct Answer is: Language is instinctive
125. Which among the following is not an aim of linguistics
Correct Answer is: To propound stories of the origin of language
126. Which among the following pairs are Alveolar plosives?
Correct Answer is: /t/ &/d/
127. Which among the following pairs are Velar plosives?
Correct Answer is: /k/ & /g/
128. Which among the following statements is not true?
Correct Answer is: Language is the only means of communication
129. Which among the following terms denotes the formal agreement between various constituent elements of a language?
Correct Answer is: Concord
130. Which is a method of word formation whereby on or more syllables are removed from longer words.
Correct Answer is: Clipping
131. Which is the scientific study of language
Correct Answer is: linguistics
132. Which is the study of how the mentally represented grammar of language is employed in the production and comprehension of speech
Correct Answer is: Psycho-linguistics
133. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in commands
Correct Answer is: The falling
134. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as ordinary statements
Correct Answer is: The falling
135. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as questions
Correct Answer is: The rising
136. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in listing the items
Correct Answer is: The falling
137. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in polite requests
Correct Answer is: The rising
138. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in tag questions which imply that the speaker is certain about what is said
Correct Answer is: The falling
139. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in W.Hquestions?
Correct Answer is: The falling
140. Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used in W.H. questions asked in a warm and friendly way indicating extra politeness.
Correct Answer is: The rising
141. Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used to indicate that the speaker implies things which are not explicitly expressed
Correct Answer is: The fall-rise
142. Who defined language as a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols?
Correct Answer is: Edward Sapir
143. Who defined language as a set or (finite or infinite) sentences, each finite in length and constructed out of a finite set of elements
Correct Answer is: Noam Chomsky
144. Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Competence and Performance?
Correct Answer is: Noam Chomsky
145. Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Langue and Parole?
Correct Answer is: Ferdinand de Saussure
146. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Chomskys competence and Performance?
Correct Answer is: Ferdinand De Saussure
147. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussures Langue and Parole?
Correct Answer is: Noam Chomsky
148. Words composed of two or more elements that are identical or slightly different are called
Correct Answer is: Re-duplicates
149. Words like Buzz, Hiss, thud ets, which represents the sounds of their referents are known as
Correct Answer is: Onomatopoeia
150. Words such as black-leg and flash-light are instances of
