Language and Linguistics MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 8 for Practice

Q: 106. What is the basis of all sounds in English language and in most languages in India.

Correct Answer is: The pulmonic air stream mechanism

Q: 107. What is the discipline where the methodological perspectives of both linguistics and sociology converges

Correct Answer is: Socio-linguistics

Q: 110. What refers to an individuals equal and native command of two or more languages

Correct Answer is: Multilingualism

Q: 113. Which among the following are the main properties of grammar?

Correct Answer is: All the above

Q: 114. Which among the following dimensions can the vowels in English be classified

Correct Answer is: The position of the lips

Q: 116. Which among the following does not constitute the scientific nature of linguistics

Correct Answer is: Chronological presentation of data

Q: 117. Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of the individual speaking or writing a given language?

Correct Answer is: Both parole and performance

Q: 118. Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and organization of the elements of language?

Correct Answer is: Both langue and Competence

Language and Linguistics MCQ Questions for Practice

106. What is the basis of all sounds in English language and in most languages in India.

The pulmonic air stream mechanism
The glotalic air stream mechanism
The velaric air stream mechanism
None of the above

107. What is the discipline where the methodological perspectives of both linguistics and sociology converges

Linguistics of sociology
Socio-linguistics
Sociology of linguistics
None of these

108. What is the process by which new words are coined by combining the segments of two different words.

Portmanteau
Onomatopoeia
Clipping
Metanalysis

109. What is the totality of the speech habits of an individual

Dialect
Idiolect
Register
Slang

110. What refers to an individuals equal and native command of two or more languages

Bilingualism
Poly-glotism
Multilingualism
None of the above

111. What refers to the linguistic norm specific to a geographical area, social class or status affecting mutual intelligibility

Dialect
Idiolect
Register
Slang

112. Which among the following are bi-labial plosive sounds in English

/p/ & /b/
/m/ & /v/
/t/ &/d/
/k/ & /g/

113. Which among the following are the main properties of grammar?

To account by its rules for the infinite sentences of a language
To be explicit about the grammaticality of sentences
To predict all and the only possible grammatical sentences of a language
All the above

114. Which among the following dimensions can the vowels in English be classified

The position of the lips
The part of the tongue that is raised
The height to which the tongue is raised
All the above

115. Which among the following does not constitute the general methodology of science

Controlled observation
Hypothesis formulation
Analysis, generalization and prediction
Speculation

116. Which among the following does not constitute the scientific nature of linguistics

Systematic gathering and analysis of data
Determination of causal relationship between facts
Chronological presentation of data
Verification, validation and generalization

117. Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of the individual speaking or writing a given language?

Language
Parole
performance
Both parole and performance

118. Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and organization of the elements of language?

Language
Parole
Competence
Both langue and Competence

119. Which among the following is an example acronym?

Smog
UNESCO
Buzz
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120. Which among the following is an example for onomatopoeia?

Smog
UNESCO
Buzz
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