Language and Linguistics Objective Question and Answer
Language and Linguistics MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 6 for Practice
151. Which is the scientific study of language
Correct Answer is: linguistics
152. 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
153. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in commands
Correct Answer is: The falling
154. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as ordinary statements
Correct Answer is: The falling
155. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as questions
Correct Answer is: The rising
156. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in listing the items
Correct Answer is: The falling
157. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in polite requests
Correct Answer is: The rising
158. 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
159. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in W.Hquestions?
Correct Answer is: The falling
160. 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
161. 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
162. 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
163. 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
164. Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Competence and Performance?
Correct Answer is: Noam Chomsky
165. Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Langue and Parole?
Correct Answer is: Ferdinand de Saussure
166. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Chomskys competence and Performance?
Correct Answer is: Ferdinand De Saussure
167. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussures Langue and Parole?
Correct Answer is: Noam Chomsky
168. Words composed of two or more elements that are identical or slightly different are called
Correct Answer is: Re-duplicates
169. Words like Buzz, Hiss, thud ets, which represents the sounds of their referents are known as
Correct Answer is: Onomatopoeia
170. Words such as black-leg and flash-light are instances of
Correct Answer is: Compounding
171. Words such as edit and house-keep are instances of
Correct Answer is: Backformation
172. Words such as phone and photo are instances of
Correct Answer is: Clipping
173. Words such as smog and motel are instances of
Correct Answer is: Portmanteau
174. Words such as UNESCO and RADAR are instances of
Correct Answer is: Acronym
175. Words which represent the sounds of their referents are called
Correct Answer is: Onomatopoeia
176. Words with more than three syllables are called...........words
Correct Answer is: Multisyllabic
177. ..................are articulated by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate
Correct Answer is: Velar
178. .................articulated by the tip and the blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge with raising of the front of the tongue toward the palate
Correct Answer is: Palate-alveolar
179. .................is used to designate words pronounced differently though identically
Correct Answer is: Homonyms
180. ................refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining to sentences.
