1395 LINGUISTICS 61- Which of the following is the correct d | Test4400MA
1395
LINGUISTICS
61- Which of the following is the correct division of the English word repaired (meaning mended, fixed) into
morphemes?
1) repair-ed
2) repaired
3) re-paired
4) re-pair- ed
62- Which of the words has a tree structure like the following for the word "kingdoms"?
l) Activists
2) Truthfully
3) Neighborhoods
4) Acceptability
63- The English words through and threw are examples of
1) meronymy
2) homophony
3) polysemy
4) synonymy
64- Articulatory phonetics is concerned with
1) the auditory features of speech sounds
2) the perception of speech sounds
3) the physical properties of speech sounds
4) the anatomy involved in the production of speech sounds
65- Plosives, fricatives, nasals, and approximants are all manners of articulation. Which group of sounds is always
voiced?
1) Approximants
2) Plosives
3) Nasals
4) Fricatives
66- A plosive and a fricative differ in .
I ) height of the tongue
2) position of the velum
3) vibration of vocal cords
4) total vs. partial obstruction of the airflow
67- Which of the following refers to backformation?
1) Reducing a word such as a noun to a shorter one and using it as a new word such as a verb
2) Changing the function of a word such as a noun to a verb
3) Combining two or more words to form a new word
4) Adding a derivational suffix to a word and using it as a different part of speech
68- Which of the following is NOT a case of structural ambiguity?
1) Harry saw the people with a telescope.
2) Some women cannot bear children.
3) He called out to the man with a loudspeaker.
4) They described the scene in the old attic.
69- Which of the following is NOT a case of conjoining?
1) I wanted a green truck and the same type of canopy that she bought
2) Loves syntax and listens enthusiastically
3) Above and beyond the call of duty
4) On the table, John put the book.
70- Some typical speech acts include all of the following EXCEPT ....
1) warning
2) writing
3) promising
4) questioning
71- Which of the following short conversations shows that the maxim of relevance has been flouted?
1) Did Sarah sing at the party? She made a series of tonal sounds with her mouth.
2) How much did that new dress cost, darling? 30 pounds (the tag: 50 pounds)
3) Will Sally be at the meeting? Her car broke down.
4) What are your parents' names? Michael.
72- Which of the following is representative of a commissive act?
1) A speech act that commits a speaker to some future action
2) A speech act that causes the hearer to take a particular action
3) A speech act that expresses the speaker's attitudes and emotions
4) A speech act that commits a speaker to the truth of the expressed proposition
73- If Velenjak Street is defined as meaning wealth, power and greed, what kind of meaning is it?
1) Collocative
2) Thematic
3) Connotative
4) Denotative
74- Which of the following shows a case of movement?
1) Jack will not help me with the dishes, but his sister will.
2) Off the bus got an angry man carrying a heavy bag.
3) They say she is very smart and so she may be.
4) Who are you ringing up? My sister.
75- Which of the following is a case of spoonerism?
1) Good punctuation means not to be late.
2) He's a wolf in cheap clothing.
3) "Don't" is a contraption.
4) Mardon me padam.
76- Which of the following is NOT an analytic statement?
1) New Orleans is the largest city in Louisiana.
2) Bachelors are unmarried men.
3) Two halves make up a whole.
4) Frozen water is ice.
77- Which of the following is a case of entailment?
1) Your aunt is waiting outside for you. You have an aunt.
2) Where is the boy with the phone? There is a person with a phone.
3) The Queen of England attended a cooking workshop. There is a queen of England.
4) At least three students solved the problem. At least two students solved the problem.
78- Which of the following is NOT a marked element in language?
1) Negative sentence
2) Superlative adjective
3) Active sentence
4) Plural noun
79- Which of the following is an example
