Linguistic tests Compiled by Nasrin Abdi 1 Chapter one The origins of language 1. The term onomatopoeic is used to describe ...... a)words that (are believed to) echo natural sounds b)the basis of the oral-gesture source c)the physiological adaptation of humans for language d)the episode in the Bible that speaks of the origin of language 2. The vocal chords are situated in ... a)the human brain b)the larynx c)the mouth d)the pharynx 3. . The function of language to pass on information is called ... a)transactional b)interactional c)international d)translational 4. . The merit of the "yo-heave-ho" theory is that it ... a)is less speculative than other theories b)places the development of language in a social context c)helps rediscover the original language d)considers the laterilisation of the brain 5. . The main problem when dealing with the theories of the origin of human language is that ... a)there are so many b)they are contradictory c)they try to disprove the Bible d)there is no evidence to prove them right 6. The term lateralised is used to say that the human brain ... a)is highly analytic b)is big enough to have developed language c)is both interactional and transactional d)has two hemispheres 7. Producing the words like: “buzz, boom, bang, splash and….”supports the theory of ……………. a)natural theory b) echoing theory c)physiological adaptation d)oral - gestural theory 8. The theory which states that the origin of human speech concentrates on some of the physical aspects of humans which are not shared with other creatures is called…. a)physiological adaptation b)oral-gestural theory c)bow-wow theory d)ding-dong theory 9. .The analytic functions such as tool-using and language are largely confined to ……. a)right hemisphere b)left hemisphere 2 c)both hemispheres d)entire part of the brain 10. .The theory of language origin which makes a link between physical gestures and orally produced sounds is called…………. a)yo-heave-ho theory b)natural theory c)divine source d)oral gestural theory 11. Finding cases of children who have been discovered living in isolation and unable to use language rejects the theory of…………… a) Physiological adaptation theory b)Biblical theory c)divine source d)b and c 12. The theory which believes that language came from a holy source and it is gifted god is…….. a)natural theory b)Biblical theory c)oral-gestural theory d)physiological adaptation Chapter two The development of writing 13. . The oldest cave drawings are about …... a)200,000 years old b)20,000 years old c)2,000 years old d)200 years old 14. Ancient cave drawings …... a)are the oldest forms of writing b)are precursors of writing c)are early examples of logograms d)prove that writing existed before spoken language 15. The …... writing system is an example of cuneiform writing. a)Egyptian b)Chinese c)Sumerian d)Greek 16. Ideograms are …... a)as abstract as pictograms b)more abstract than pictograms c)less abstract than pictograms d)not abstract at all 17. In …... writing, the symbol of one entity is also used to refer to the sound of that entity in other contexts. a)hieroglyphic b)Cuneiform c)syllabic d)Rebus 18. Cyrillic writing is …... a)alphabetic b)syllabic c)cuneiform d)based on pictograms 19. When symbols are used to represent words in a language, they are described as…………. a)Cyrillic alphabet b)Logograms c)ideogram 3 d)pictogram 20. .Jack, a little girl, painted a tree, a house and a river flowing by the house. Her painting is……….. a)interpretive b)symbolic c)indexical d)iconic 21. When the picture of a “sun” comes to be used for “heat” and “daytime” as well as for “sun” itself, we call it a(an)……….. a)pictogram b)logogram c)phonogram d)ideogram 22. It has been claimed that the Summerians used wedge-shaped marks on soft clay to form inscriptions. Their symbols are known as…………. a)logograms b)Cyrillic alphabets c)cuneiform d)syllabic alphabets In the process of ………….writing, the symbol for one entity is taken over as the symbol for the sound of the spoken word used to refer to that entity. a)syllabic b)logograms c)Rebus d)alphabetic 23. 24. when symbols come to be used to represent words in a language, they are described as examples of word-writing, or… a)ideograms b)logograms c)Rebus writing d)Cyrillic writing 25. The major disadvantage of ………..writing is that an extremely large number of different written symbols which exist within these writing systems. a)logographic b)Rebus c)Cyrillic d)syllabic 26. In a ……..writing system, each symbol may represent a vowel and one or more consonants. a)logographic b)alphabetic c)Rebus d)syllabic 27. .Pictograms and ideograms are types of………representation. a)phonetic b)syllabic c)iconic d)Rebus 28. .If ancient people drew pictures of snakes on the walls of a cave to aware the others , this kind of communication would be…. a)icons b)symbols c)indexical signs d)morphemes 29. In a /an………….system, the graphemes represent words like Chinese language. a)alphabetic writing b)idiographic writing c)logographic writing d)syllabic writing 30. Which statement is false? a) Cuneiform writing is symbolic writing. b) Sumerians writings show a development from iconic to symbolic signs. c)Old Persian also used cuneiform d)In Rebus, a sign stands for the meaning not the sound of the spoken word. 31. . The spelling of written English was largely fixed ... a)in the Roman period 4 b)after the time of Egyptians c)at the time of the invention of printing d)at the time of the discovery of cave drawings 32. . ... has the longest continuous history of use as a writing system. a)Egyptian b)Chinese c)Greek d)English 33. . In logograms, the relationship between the symbol and what is represents is ... a)arbitrary b)easily recognisable c)lateralised d)wedge-shaped Chapter three The properties of language 34. The ability of human language to refer to things not present in the immediate environment is called ... a)discreteness b)diversity c)duality d)displacement 35. The relationship between linguistic form and meaning is ... a)arbitrary b)informative c)non-directional d)Onomatopoeic 36. It is said that only human beings can talk about things not present in the environment. This language property is called……. a) arbitrariness b) displacement c) discreteness d) cultural transmission 38- . Human languages enjoy a unique property. They have a limited number of rules which can be applied more than once in generating structures. This property is called……… a)displacement b)explanatory adequacy c)recursiveness d)descriptive adequacy 39That users of the system are able to refer to events remote in space and time refers to a feature of human language known as………… a)discreteness b)displacement c)duality d)productivity 40Which of the following properties of language paves the way for the creation of science fictions? a)arbitrariness b)displacement c)discreteness 5 d)open-ended 41- Among the properties of language, the one which relates to the fact that a language must be acquired or learned by each new generation is…….. a)cultural transmission b)discreteness c)duality d)productivity 42- Among the properties of language, the one which relates to the fact that language is organized at two levels or layers simultaneously is…… a)arbitrariness b)cultural transmission c)discreteness d)duality of structure 43- Human language can be used to talk about things and events not present in the immediate environment. This property is called………… a)arbitrariness b)discreteness c)displacement d)productivity 44The term” productivity of language” means that…… a)people use their knowledge of rules to produce sentences b)some people produce sentences while others understand them c)the potential number of sentences in any human language is infinite. d)language is stimulus –free 45In communication system, duality means…. a)having both phonological system and syllable construction in one system b)having both phonological system and grammatical rules in one system c)the property of having two levels of structure such that units of the primary level are composed of elements of the secondary level d)the elements of spoken language are sounds which convey meaning Animal communication is generally considered to lack the property of ……….because animals cannot talk about things and events in past and future time. a)arbitrariness b)discreteness c)displacement d)productivity 46- 47The existence of onomatopoeic words supports the origin of human speech based on……… a)natural sounds b)physical adaptation c)sounds and gestures d)divine- source experiments 48All of the following are among the unique features of human language EXEPT…….. a)discreteness and duality b)displacement and arbitrariness c)critical period and communication d)cultural transmission and productivity 49The fact that linguistic signals do not normally serve non linguistic functions is called…. a)reciprocity b)specialization c)vocal-auditory channel d)non-directionality One of the properties of human language is…………..which allows the users of language to talk about things and events not present in the immediate environment. a)complement b)discreteness c)arbitrariness d)displacement 50- ………..refers the case where in a language we can have different meanings for the three words” tack”, ”act” and “cat”, yet in each case, we use the same basic set of sounds. a)cultural transmission b)directionality c)duality d)specialization 51- 52- The property of language that enables speakers to talk about entities that are not actually present in the immediate environment is 6 called…….. a)displacement b)arbitrariness c)creativity d)discreteness 53All languages are…………., that is speakers have the capacity both to produce and receive messages. a)productive b)analytic c)reciprocal d)duality 54- The property of human language by which linguistic signals can be picked up by anyone within hearing, even unseen is referred to as…….. a)specialization b)displacement c)reciprocity d)non-directionality 55One of the unique properties of human language is ……… a)rapid –fade b)specialization c)reciprocity d)duality 56Which of the following is NOT a defining feature of human languae? a)duality b)arbitrariness c)discreteness d)reciprocity 57- The property of language which is linked to the fact that the potential number of utterances in any human language is infinite is called…… a)duality b)discreteness c)displacement d)productivity 58According to the property of ……., there is no natural connection between linguistic form and its meaning. a)displacement b)discreteness c)creativity d)arbitrariness 59Which property of language can be related to the fact that men can tell lies? a)discreteness b)displacement c) cultural transmission d)fixed reference 60Which of the following properties refers to our perception of the continuum of an utterance in terms of distinct sounds? a)discreteness b)arbitrariness c)displacement d)duality 61One of the features of animal language is…… a)discreteness b)duality c)arbitrariness d)fixed reference 62- Which of the following properties of language enables human beings to produce a very large number of sound combinations (e.g.: words) which are distinct in meaning? a)discreteness b)arbitrariness c)duality d)displacement 63Which of the following properties is not a unique property of human language? a)discreteness b)non-directionality c)displacement d)arbitrariness 7 64- All languages have morphemes and construction, which make it possible to talk about the past and future as well as the present. this specific characteristic of human language is labeled as……… a)openess b)recursion c)displacement d)transmission 65Linguistic forms are described as arbitrary because there is generally….. a)no natural connection between the form and its meaning b)no real relationship between forms of languages c)a fixed relationship between a word and its meaning d)a phonetic representation related to number of words 66Special features such as ………..make human beings capable of producing sounds of language that no other animals can produce. a)upright teeth and intricate muscles of lips b)physical gestures c)slanting outwards of teeth d)small cavity above the vocal cords 67Cultural transmission contrasts…… a)recursion b)openness c)duality d)innateness 68Which statement is irrelevant to the property of creativity? a) Languages permit the expression of new meanings. b)with a finite number of rules it is possible to come up with a non-finite number of meanings. c)languages are not innate or instinctive d)a friend can be expanded as a friends of mine. 69Which statement is false regarding the discussion of discreteness ? a)minimal pairs differ in only one sound b) Phonemes are meaning- distinguishing whereas allophones are not. c) Given this property, animals cannot compare with humans. d)Discreteness and duality are totally unrelated. 70Which statement is not a valid one? a)An icon is a sign whose form has actual characteristics of its meaning . b)Communication can be defined as the use of signs c)A form without meaning can also be a sign. d)language can be defined as a sign system. 71The relationship between form and meaning is ………that is, it is not possible to predict the meaning of a word form its form. a)natural b)unidentified c)synchronic d)arbitrary 72All languages are………that is speakers have the capacity both to produce and receive messages. a)productive b)analytic c)reciprocal d)instrumental Chapter four Animals and human language 73- . The chimpanzee has ... of its basic genetics in common with humans. a) 10% b) 33% c)50% d)99% 74- Noam Chomsky ... a)carried out unsuccessful experiments with chimpanzees b)was proved wrong by Terrace's experiments with a chimpanzee c)claims that language is an innate ability unique to humans d)was the name given by Terrace to one of his chimpanzees 8 75- We say “Whao” to horses and they stop, we say “heel” to dogs and they will follow at heel, these evidences show that….. a) Non-humans can understand human language b) Animals produce a particular behavior in response to a particular sound-stimulus. c) It is possible to train animals to produce the signals of another species. d) a and c 76- Training some infant chimpanzees like “Gua” and “Viki” in a domestic environment with humans showed that….. a) They could utter some words like “mama”, “papa” and cup which are human language signals and they could produce as much as a human child could. b) Non- human species do not have a physically structured vocal tract suitable for producing speech sounds. c) Training animals in domestic environment can help them to utter language like human. d) a and b 77- which of the following chimpanzees were trained through sign language? a) Gua b) Washoe c) Nim Chimpsky d) b and c 78- which of the following chimpanzees were trained through plastic shapes? a) Lana b) Sarah c) Nim Chimpsky d) Washoe 79- which of the following chimpanzees were trained through an artificial language(Yerkish)? a) Lana b) Sarah c) Nim Chimpsky d) Washoe 80- Which of the following animals were trained to use some signals to cross the opaque barrier and getting a fish snack as a reward? a) Buzz and Doris b) Hans c) Gua d) Lana 9 Chapter five The sounds of language 81- . The initial sounds in the words bat, pat and mat are all …... a) voiced b) bilabial c) stops d) voiceless 82- The initial sounds in the words thin and there are …... a) voiced b) voiceless c) dentals d) alveolars 83- . The initial sounds in the words tip, dip, zoo, so and nut are all ….... a) alveolars b) velars c) fricatives d) voiced 84-The initial sounds in the words too and so differ in ….... a) place of articulation b) manner of articulation c) voice d) nasalisation 85-The initial sounds in the words we and yes are sometimes called …….. a) vowels b) flaps c) glottal stops d) semi-vowels 86-The vowel in heat is a ……. a) high front vowel b) mid central vowel c) high back vowel d) low front vowel 87- The first vowel in award is a …….. a) high front vowel b) mid central vowel c) high back vowel d) low front vowel 10 88-The vowel in large is a ....... a) high front vowel b) mid central vowel c) high back vowel d) low back vowel 89-In producing ..., we move from one vocalic position to another. a) semi-vowels b) diphthongs c) central vowels d) schwa 90-The initial consonant in pub is a ... a) voiceless bilabial stop b) voiced bilabial stop c) voiceless bilabial fricative d) voiced bilabial fricative 91-. The initial consonant in key is a ... a) voiced velar fricative b) voiceless alveolar fricative c) voiced alveolar stop d) voiceless velar stop 92-. The initial consonant in veil is a ... a) voiced labiodental fricative b) voiceless labiodental fricative c) voiced dental fricative d) voiceless labiodental fricative 93- The sound [s] in English is phonetically described as voiceless…… a) alveolar fricative b) alveopalatal fricative c) alveolar affricate d) velar 94- the phoneme /p/ in English can be characterized as…….. a) [-voice, +bilabial, +stop] b) [-voice, +velar, +stop] c) [-voice, +labiodental, +fricative] d) [+bilabial, +voice, +stop] 95- Which one of the following sound segments would have the features [-vocalic, -consonantal]? a) [h,w,y] b) [I, e, o] c) [l,r] d) [p, b, t] 96- Which of the following sets lack a voiced bilabial sound? a) [d, s, b] b) [d, m, t] c) [z, r, p] d) [g, s,b] 11 97- Which of the following words does NOT end in a voiced sound? a) begged b) lathe c) maze d) touched 98- Liquids such as “l” and “r” are sometimes called syllabic because they……… a)are [+voiced] sounds b) are [+consonantal] and [-vocalic] c)are produced like vowels d)function like vowels 99- The vowels in the words “fight” and “boil” are considered… a)both as monophthongs b)both as diphthongs c)first as a diphthong and second as a monophthong d)first as a monophthong and second as a diphthong 100- Which of the following clusters do not appear in the final position in Farsi of English? a)[dt] b)[gz] c)[rd] d)[ts] 101- /p/ in English can be characterized as………. a)[+bilabial, +voice, +stop] b)[-voice, +labiodental, +fricative] c)[-voice, +velar, +stop] d)[-voice, +bilabial, +stop] 102- In British English , the consonant ………….appears both at the beginning and at the end of the words. a)[r[ b)[ ] c)[t] d)[h] 103- The speech sound produced with a lowered velum or soft palate is called…… a)nasal b)palatal c)velar d)uvular 104- If the vocal cords are kept wide apart, air expelled with energy will produce audible…………., and effect that is often used as an [h] sound in languages. a)affricate b)glottal friction c)palatal sound d)plosive 105- The final sound of drags is…….. a)voiced, alveolar fricative b)voiceless alveolar fricative c)voiced alveolar affricate d)voiceless palatal affricate 106- The vowels in the words “fight” and “boil” are considered ….. a)both as monophthongs b)both as diphthongs c)first as a diphthong and second as a monophthong d)first as a monophthong and second as a diphthong 107- Which of the following clusters do not appear in the final position in Farsi or English? a)[dt] b)[gz] c)[rd] d)[ts] 108- The sounds of a language are organized into a system. The study of this system is known as…… 12 a)phonetics b)phonology c)phonemics d)phonotactics 109- The study of how speech sounds are made is called……….phonetics. a)acoustic b)articulatory c)physical d)auditory 110- What is the general term used to describe the sounds produced when the vocal cords are drawn together? a)[-voice] b)[-tense] c)[+voice] d)[+tense] 111- The sounds [t] [d] [t][s] [z] have different features but they are all classified as……… a)alveolars b)alveopalteals c)glottals d)dentals 112- The study of fine distinctions in pitch, loudness and duration of sounds of different languages and dialects constitute the field of ……. a)generative phonology b)acoustic phonetics c)phonemics d)articulatory phonetics 113- Which of the following sounds can be characterized as being mid, back, rounded vowel? a) [e] b)[u] c)[o] d)[u] 114- The muscles of the vocal tract are tense in the articulation of all the following sounds except for….. a)[p] b)[f] c)[z] d)[h] 115- Which of the following represents a bilabial set of sounds? a)/f/,/v/,/t/ b)/t/,/d/,/n/ c)/p/,/b/,/m/ d)/m/,/n/,/g/ 116- When the velum is lowered and airflow is allowed to flow out through the nostrils, the sound produced is called a ……. a)fricative b)nasal c)lateral d)liquid 117- The study of the most concrete, directly observable aspect of language, i.e., sounds is called…. a)phonetics b)phonology c)phonemics d)morphophonemics 118- Which of the following words lacks a dental sound? a)bathe b)thick c)teen d)tooth 119- Which of the following words lacks a labiodental sound? a)north b)photo c)laugh 13 d)save 120- Sounds produced by some form of complete closure of the airstream and then letting it go abruptly are called…. a) fricatives b)obstruents c)glides d)stops 121- Sounds produced with the ….are called velars. a)back of the tongue against the velum b)front part of the tongue on the alveolar ridge c)tongue at the very front of the palate d)tongue tip behind the upper front teeth 122- Each phonetic feature represents one of a number of activities actually carried out in the…………when a speech sound is produced. a)vocal tract b)pharynx c)oral cavity d)larynx 123- The study of physical properties of speech as sound waves in the air is called…. a)acoustic phonetics b)auditory phonetics c)articulatory phonetics d)phonology 124- The word ………ends with a voiceless sound. a)wall b)washed c)dead d)thin 125- Which of the following sounds are considered as semivowels and what are they called? a)[w] and[y], glided b)[w] and [y], liquids c)[l] and [r], liquids d)[l] and [r], glides 126- ………..phonetics is the study of how speech sounds are made. a)acoustic b)auditory c)linguistic d)articualtory 127- When the vocal cords are spread apart, the air from the lungs passes between them unimpeded. Sounds produced in this way are described as …….. a)voiceless b)voiced c)vowels d)consonants 128- The field of study devoted to the investigation of sound waves is known as ……..phonetics. a)physical b)systematic c)articulatory d)acoustic 129- Which of the following words has the following articulatory description? “ voiceless alveolar stop + mid front tense vowel + voiceless velar stop” a)dog b)drop c)group d)take Chapter six 14 The sound patterns of language 130- The vowel in seen, as opposed to the vowel in seat, is usually ... a) open b) voiced c) nasalised d) deleted 131- The words ... form a minimal pair. a) site and side b) not and knot c) leaf and leaves d) bed and breakfast 132- The words ... form a minimal pair. a) friend and friendship b) food and feet c) tough and dough d) fit and foot 133- The occurrence of more than one consonant at the beginning or the end of a syllable is known as ... a) a consonant cluster b) the coda c) elision d) the onset 134- Assimilation and elision ... a) frequently occur in careful speech b) are features of everyday speech c) are to be avoided d) usually occur in consonant clusters 135- A phoneme is ... a) the smallest meaningful unit of language b) the smallest meaning-distinguishing unit of language c) a variation of the smallest meaning-distinguishing unit of language d) the physical realization of the smallest meaning-distinguishing unit of language 136- . If the production of a sound is accompanied by a particularly strong stream of air we speak of ... a) assimilation b) aspiration c) approximants d) affective filter 137- Which of the following pairs would be treated as minimal pairs? a) bell-heel b) bun-pen 15 c) fat-pat d) pat-ban 138- A phoneme is ………… a) phonemic segment b) a meaning- distributing sound c) any sound of a language d) the same as an allophone 139- An allophonic difference indicates a change in ………… a) dialect b) meaning c) pronunciation d) spelling 140- Which of the following pairs constitutes a minimal pair? a) bat-bowl b) mean-met c) peal-pill d) maid-said 141- Since the vocal tract of every human being is the same as that of other human beings……… a)all people are capable of producing any sound in any language b)all people can produce a limited number of sound segments c)we imitate the communicative competence of others d) We can distinguish the sounds produced by speakers of any language. 142- Which one of the following pairs would be treated as a minimal pair? a) fail- fake b) lose-lost c) made-mat d) strong-strange 143- A rule such as “Nasal consonants are voiced” is a ………..rule. a) distinctive b) constitutive c) phonological d)redundant 144- Each of the meaning distinguishing sounds in a language is described as a(n)……… a)phoneme b)allophone c)morpheme d)phone 145- The physical realization of a phoneme is called a(n)……… a)sound b)allophone c)morpheme d)voice 146- The crucial distinction between phonemes and allophones is that substituting one………..while it is not the case for the other. a)phoneme for another changes the style of speech. b)allophone for another changes the part of speech. c)allophone for another does not change the meaning. d)phoneme for another does not change the pronunciation. 147- The………..representation of morphemes are provided in the lexicon. a)structural b)phonetic c)descriptive d)phonemic 148- The most common phonological rule is assimilation and by assimilation we mean phenomenon in which …. a) a phoneme changes to another phoneme b) some feature of a sound segment changes to become identical to a feature in a neighboring segment c) a vowel changes to a consonant d) a voiced phoneme changes to a voiceless phoneme 16 149- The phase “ last year” is often pronounced “las year”. What phonological process is that? a)assimilation b)insertion c)dissimilation d)elision 150- The difference between the pronunciation of the plural morpheme in the English words “cats” and “dogs” is an example of ……… a)vowel insertion b)progressive assimilation c)vowel harmony d)assimilation 151- The feature [stress] describes the…….. a)relative pitch at which a syllable is produced b)prominence of a syllable c)patterns of pitch changes occurring during a phrase d)duration of quantity of a sound 152- Stress, intonation, and length are called…….features. a)phonetic b)syllabic c)suprasegmental d)tone 153- The suprasegmental feature of ………..has to do with the boundary between words, phrases, or sentences. a)stress b)intonation c)rhythm d)juncture 154- ………..are sounds produced when the airflow is completely obstructed during speech. a)affricates b)stops c)fricatives d)liquids 155- The field of science devoted to the study of the sound waves of language is called……… a)phonology b)articulatory phonetics c)acoustic phonetics d)auditory phonetics 156- Which sentence is not correct? a)stop sounds plus affricates develop fricatives b)stop sound plus fricatives develop affricates c)fricatives escape through a narrow constriction d)a combination of two categories produce affricates 157- When velum is raised….. a)nasal sounds are produced b)stops and fricatives cannot be developed c)nasal sound cannot be produced d)fricatives and affricates are not produced 158- When the velum is lowered ……. a)no nasal sounds can be produced b)nasal sounds and most consonants are produced c)nasal sounds and fricatives are produced d)stops, fricatives and affricates cannot be produced 159- The flow of air through the nose develops ….. a)stop sounds b)nasal sounds c)affricates d)fricatives 160- Which of the following items contains a palatal sound? a)home b)rain 17 c)year d)thus 161- When the………….is closed completely, very briefly, and released , the resulting sound is called a glottal stop. a)vocal cords b)glottis c)alveolar ridge d)larynx 162- If you combine a brief stopping of the airstream with an obstructed release which causes some frication, you will be able to produce the….. a)fricatives b)diphthongs c)glides d)affricates 163- The ………….are different phones that “represent” or are derived from one phonemes. a)allophones b)phonemes c)phonetics d)phonology 164- Which of the following items represents a minimal pair in Englsih? a)move-dove b)fat-salt c)bite-might d)rain-mine 165- ……….is a single but complex sound, beginning as a stop but releasing into a fricative. a)nasal b)glide c)reduced vowel d)affricate 166- Which statement is false regarding suprasegmental features? a)suprasegmental qualities spread over more than one phone b)stress is the loudness or intensity of the airstream c)stress and intonation are related to pitch d)tone is not employed in English 167- Which statement is not true? a) The velum or soft palate separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity. b)the velum is open when it is down. c)If the velum is down the airstream is directly fully orally. d)The vocal tract is divided into oral cavity and nasal cavity. 168- ……………is the issue that separate the nasal cavity from the oral cavity. a)larynx b)tongue body c)glottis d)palate 18 Chapter seven Words and word-formation processes 169- The process of inventing a totally new term to add a word to a language is known as ....... a)coinage b)neologism c)derivation d)calque 170- One of the most common sources of new words in English is the process known as ……. a)coinage b)borrowing c)blending d)backformation 171- Words such as fingerprint or bookcase belong to the word-formation process known as …….. a)Borrowing b)Compounding c)Calque d)Analogy 172- Words such as fax or flu belong to the word-formation process known as ……. a)Blending b)Clipping c)Backformation d)Conversion 173- Words such as boyish or unhappy belong to the word-formation process known as ... a)Blending b)Compounding c)Derivation d)Conversion 174- In English there is a tendency that under certain conditions words such as “gasoline”. “Advertisement”, “professor” are reduced to “gas”, “ad”, “prof”, respectively. This process is called…… a)acronym b)back-formation c)conversion d)clipping 175- The words such as “photo” and “bus” are cases of……… a)back-formation b)compounding c)blending d)clipping 176- “Suitcase” is the result of……. a)back-formation b)calque c)loan-translation d)compounding 19 177- The new English words “smog” and “gasoline” are instances of the word-formation process of…….. a)blending b)borrowing c)compounding d)coinage 178- Which of the following does not belong to the basic processes of word formation? a)assimilation b)compounding c)derivation d)inflection 179- ……….is a modified type of coining in which a word is formed as an imitation of some natural sound. a)back-formation b)calque c)loan-translation d)onomatopoeia 180- The reduction of long words to shorter ones is carried out in the process of……. a)clipping b)calque c)coinage d)compounding 181- When a lexical item takes on a new special meaning in addition to its original meaning. This process is referred to as….. a)blending b)borrowing c)coining d)narrowing 182- Which of these sets of lexical items exhibit a derivational process? a)red, redden b)big, bigger c)work, working d)child, children 183- With regards to the process of word formation, “Math” is an example of …… a)clipping b)acronomy c)blending d)extension 184- The word “televise” is an example of………….process. a)conversion b)back formation c)derivation d)clipping 185- Which word is not the result of compounding? a)takeover b)greenhouse c)earthquake d)politeness 186- The word “motel” is a relatively new word in English taken form “motor+hotel” .which kind of new word formation has been applied to produce this word? a)clipping b)conversion c)blending d)acronym 187- The word “gasohol” which is used for a product made of “ gasoline ” and “alcohol” is produced as a result of ……….. a)clipping b)borrowing c)compounding d)blending 188- The word “skyscraper” represents an example of ……….in the process of word formation. 20 a) calque b)coinage c)compounding d) blending 189- The word “televise” and “edit” are examples of……… a)conversion b)derivation c)back-formation d)clipping 190- Change in the function of a word is generally known as…….. a)clipping b)back formation c)conversion d)derivation 191- Which of the following words is not the product of the process of blending? a)gasohol b)smog c)brunch d)hotel 192- One of the least common processes of word formation in English is…………. a)coinage b)borrowing c)compounding d)derivation 193- The most common word formation process in the production of English words is ………. a)compounding b)borrowing c)derivation d)conversion 194- The invention of totally new terms in a language is called….. a)calque b)conversion c)clipping d)coinage 195- The combination of two separate forms to produce a single new term is present in the process called….. a)coinage b)calque c)blending d)clipping 196- The reduction of a word of more than one syllable to a shorter one, often in casual speech, is carried in the process of… a)back-formation b)conversion c)calque d)clipping 197- Which of the following vocabulary items is not considered as an example of the compounding process in English? a)earthquake b)politeness c)takeover d)greenhouse 198- The word formation process of…….involves creating new vocabulary by translating the morphemes of foreign language into native morphemes. a)extension b)shortening c)calque d)coining 199- In the process of …., there is a joining of two separate words to produce a single form. a)blending b)compounding c)extension 21 d)borrowing 200- Acronyms are formed from………. a)the initial letters of a set of other words b)words taken over from other languages c)words whose functions have changed d)more than one syllable words reduced to shorter forms 201- Two ways of……..words and phrases are the creation of acronyms and applying the back-formation process. a)narrowing b)shortening c)clipping d)coining 202- Which of the following words can be considered as an example of back-formation a)Plane(airplane) b)edit(editor) c)brunch(breakfast/lunch) d)textbook(text/book) 203- Which of the following is an example of clipping? a)smoke and fog….smog b)emotion…….emote c)paper(n)…….to paper(v) d)fanatic…….fan 204- A new word is currently used namely [futsal] which is a reduced form of football and salon .This process is technically called…… a)coinage b)acronym c)compounding d)blending 205- UN which stands for United Nations is a(an)……. a)acronym b)calque c)extension d)onomatopoeia 206- Forming a word from the first letter or letters of each word in a phrase like “SOGS” or “UNICEF” is….. a)abbreviation b)narrowing c)acronym d)extension 207- The most systematic process of word formation in English is ……. a)compounding b)derivation c)inflection d)morphology 208- Derivational affixes differ with respect to the …… a)clarity of generalization b)roots with which they combine c)idioms they express d)rules which they describe 209- According to the passage, some compounds have…… a)idiomatic meanings b)different root morphemes c)a number of words d)combined meanings 210- A special type of borrowing as a process of word formation is described as “ calque ” , or……. a)coinage b)loan-translation c)blending d)clipping 22 Chapter eight Morphology 211- A morpheme is …….. a)the smallest unit of language with a meaning of its own b)the smallest meaning-distinguishing unit of language c)another word for a syllable d)an element of language that is attached to a word 212- The form tourists consists of ……... morpheme(s). a)one b)two c)three d)four 213- The form undressed consists of ….... morphemes. a)one bound, one free b)one free, two bound c)one bound, two free d)three bound 214- The word the is a ….... morpheme. a)free lexical b)free functional c)bound inflectional d)bound derivational 215- The last morpheme in helpless is a ... morpheme. a)free lexical b)free functional c)bound inflectional d)bound derivational 216- English has about …….... inflectional morphemes. a)8 b)28 c)48 d)88 217- The last morphemes in older and teacher are both ……... morphemes. a)bound b)inflectional c)derivational d)functional 23 218- There are ….... morphemes in The girl's wildness shocked the teachers. a)7 b)9 c)11 d)13 219- ………..affixes never change the category (part of speech) of the base morpheme. a)inflectional b)lexical c)derivational d)pre-lexical 220- The definition of a / an……..is “a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function”. a)allomorph b)morpheme c)phoneme d)allophone 221- Articles, demonstratives, quantifiers, conjunctions and prepositions constitute a class of words which is called……… a)content words b)function words c)open-class words d)empty words 222-……….can stand alone as an independent word in a phrase. a)inflectional morpheme b)bound morpheme c)derivational morpheme d) free morpheme 223- The English word “unhappiness” consists of …….. a) a bound morpheme and two free morphemes b)three bound morphemes c)a bound and two roots d)a free morpheme and two bound morphemes 224- Which of the following is a functional morpheme? a)because b)book c)men d)two 225- The morpheme “ly” in the word “scholarly” is an example of……… a)derivational suffix b)derivational infix c)inflectional suffix d)inflectional infix 226- The morpheme “ish” in the word “childishly” is an example of ….. a)derivational infix b)derivational suffix c)inflectional suffix d)inflectional infix 227- A morpheme which is capable of being used independently but cannot be separated into smaller forms that also occur independently is called a …….. a)bound morpheme b)free morpheme c)prefix d)suffix 228- According to linguists,…….is the concrete representation of a morpheme…. a)allophone b)allomorph c)phonemic realization d)phonetic feature 24 229- Which of the following statements is not true? a)inflectional affixes tend to be fully productive. b)inflectional affixes are less productive than derivational ones. c)derivational affixes are partially productive. d)derivational affixes always precede inflectional affixes 230- Take the following data into consideration: “credible” versus “incredible”, and “possible” versus “impossible”. In the above data, there are…… a)four morphemes and two allomorphs b)two morphemes and two allomorphs c)four independent morphemes d)five independent morpheme 231- Which of the following is true? a)morphologically complex linguistic units are always semantically complex. b)morphological units are identical to semantic units c)simple linguistic units may not be abstracted d)simple words may be semantically complex. 232- Which of the following words does not contain an inflectional suffix? a)taken b)quickly c)pieces d)John’s 233- When ……morphemes are attached to words , the derived word will have a different word-class than the root. a)free b)bound c)inflectional d)derivational 234- Ordinary nouns, adjectives, and verbs are referred to as …… a)bound b)lexical c)inflectional d)derivational 235- The morpheme “er” in the word “smaller” is a …….morpheme. a)lexical b)functional c)derivational d)inflectional 236- Which of the following words consists of a derivational morpheme, and an inflectional morpheme? a)usefulness b)impoliteness c)indivisible d)disagreed 237- Which of the following words contains an inflectional affix? a)repaint b)taken c)massive d)narrowly 238- The minimal units of syntax in a language are called….. a)phonemes b)words c)allophones d)morphemes 239- Infixes are special kinds of affixes which are inserted….. a)within the root b)between a prefix and a root c)before a prefix d)between two root morphemes 240- The indefinite article in English is a(n)……morpheme. a)lexical 25 b)inflectional c)functional d)derivational 241- The field of morphology is concerned with the study of ……. a)phonemes b)word order c)allophones d)forms 242- Which of the following represents a set of free morphemes? a)pre, ex, dis b)foolish, funny, feeling c)writer, adviser, player d)girl, happy, book 243- Which of the following words does not contain an inflectional affix? a)jumped b)pieces c)quickly d)John’s 244- The study of the origin and development of words is called…… a)morphology b)etymology c)philology d)morphophonemics 245- The word “internationally” has…….bound morpheme(s). a)three b)one c)two d)four 246- Conjunctions, prepositions, articles and pronouns belong to the category of…….morphemes. a)derivational b)lexical c)functional d)inflectional 247- Which of the following are inflectional morphemes? a)yellow, book, door b)s, er, ing c)but, when, on d)pre, ex, dis 248- Since the early days of grammatical study, words have been grouped into word classes traditionally labeled the “………”. a)word varieties b)parts of speech c)allophonic variation d)minimal pairs 249- Look at the following words: blowing, cats, unhappy, disaster, contamination. Which one of the morphemes is derivational? a)-ing b)disc)und)-tion 250- We can propose ………..as the actual forms used to realize morphemes. a)allomorphs b)morphs c)allophones d)acronyms chapter nine and ten phrases and sentences: grammar and syntax 26 251- Which of the following is not proposed as a characteristic of human language by T- G grammar? a) All languages are reciprocal b) All languages are productive c) All languages involve displacement d) All languages are different. 252- The capacity of the grammatical rules to be applied more than once in generating a structure is called…… a)recursiveness b)reciprocity c)deep structure d)surface structure 253- One of the properties of grammar which refers to its capacity of being applied more than once in generating structure is called……… a)reduplication b)recursiveness c)TG d)explicitness 254- Which of the following expressions would not be generated by this phrase structure rule: NP Art( adj )N? a)American English b)a new student c)a radio d)the tall boy 255- Which of the following sentences are not generated by the following rules: 1. S NP VP 2.VP V(NP)(PP) a) Mehdi wrote a letter to his father. b) My brother cries. c) My sister is clever. d) Your father bought a present. 256- Which of the following expressions would not be generated by the given set of phrase structure rules? NP a)long ruler b)small girl who came c)the boy who came d)the tall boy (Art) Adj N (S) 257- Which of the following constituent analysis is correct for the sentence: “Mary and his father talked to the teacher”? a) Mehdi and his father talked to b) Mehdi and his father talked the teacher to the teacher c) Mehdi and his father talked to d) Mehdi and his father talked the teacher to the teacher 258- The constituent structure and the constituent types of which the sentence is composed are called……. a)constituent rules b)phrase structure rules c)structural description d)structural change 259- In a tree diagram a node is a…? a)transformational rule b)syntactic category c)transformational movement d)branching point 260- Constituent structural rules and lexicon …….. a)constitute the base component b)are the elements of surface structure c)transform deep structures into surface structures d)are exemplified by relativization and adjective inversion 27 261- The structure rules and the lexicon constitute the……. Constituent Component in chomskyan grammar a)base b)syntactic c)semantic d)phonological 262- Generalizations about the surface structure of sentences in a language are expressed in the form of ………………….. rules a)transformational b) phrase-structure c) generative d)pragmatic 263- The set of principles according to which words are combined into sentences in a language is calls the a)grammar b)syntax c)semantics d)pragmatics of the language 264- Which of the following does not belong to chomskyan linguistic principles? a)competence vs. performance b)deep vs. surface structure c)parole vs. langue d)phrase structure vs. transformational rules 265- A passive sentence and its active equivalent have ……………….. a)a nonlinear sequence of constituents b)the same deep structure c)totally different meanings d)the same level of structural ambiguity 266- Which one of the following sentences is ambiguous? a) Growling lions can be frightening b) Jumping horses can be frightening c) That vegetable is too hat to eat d) The pilot decided on a procedure 267- Which of the following sentences has lexical ambiguity? a) Old men and women are not expected to go to the war front. b) The shooting of hunters was terrible. c) The bank is near here. d) Visiting relatives can be fun. 268- Which of the following sentences is ambiguous? a) Jim loves his son more than his wife. b) Nobody can find you here. c) John is too angry to talk. d) Who did you say arrived late? 269- Which of the following sentences are both lexically and structurally ambiguous? a) I saw him walking by the bank. b) Visiting professors might be boring. c) Dick finally decided on the boat. d) Old men and women are hard to live with. 270- The term “………..” refers to a sentence or a type of sentence which may have two or more meanings. a)synonymy b)hyponymy c)ambiguity d)paraphrase 271- In ………,two or more sentences have the same meaning. a)synonymy b)ambiguity c)paraphrase d)assimilation 272- The phrase “ French history teacher” is an example of…….. 28 a)structural ambiguity b) polysemy c) homonymy d)derivational ambiguity 273- Transformational rules are which …. a)change or move constituent in structures b)change or move lexical items in structures c)generate lexical items d)generate sentences 274- Which sentence is true about transformations? a) some transformations are obligatory. b) Transformations generate lexical items. c) Transformations can generate sentences. d) All transformations should be ordered with respect to one another. 275- The movement of a word within a sentence to the front position is referred to as……. a)reflexivizaton b)topicalization c)pronunciation d)derivation 276- Linguistic competence is………. a)the conscious knowledge about sounds of language b)the linguist’s approach to the study of language. c)the use of language in daily life d)the subconscious internalized knowledge about sounds, meaning, and syntax 277- Human beings must know some finite set of principles or rules which produce the infinite number of ……. a)functions in a society b)ideas in their communication c)sentences in their languages d)words in all languages 278- In linguistic description, the asterisk (*) is used to indicate ... a)dangling modifiers b)double negation c)gross reference d)ungrammatical forms 279- The words large and daily belong to the word class of ... a)adjectives b)adverbs c)prepositions d)conjunctions 280- The words very, suddenly or then belong to the word class of ... a)pronouns b)adverbs c)prepositions d)conjunctions 281- The words but and although belong to the word class of ... a)adjectives b)pronouns 29 c)adverbs d)conjunctions 282- The words who and me belong to the word class of ... a)conjunctions b)adverbs c)pronouns d)prepositions 283- The study of how words are combined to form sentences is called ... a)recursion b)surface structure c)synchronic linguistics d)syntax 284- The particular type of grammar that was developed by Noam Chomsky is known as ........... a)Immediate Constituent Analysis b)the Prescriptive Approach c)the Grammar-Translation Method d)Generative Grammar 285- The phrase old men and women is ... a)structurally ambiguous b)lexically ambiguous c)unambiguous d)ungrammatical Chapter eleven Semantics and Pragmatics 286- When describing the meaning of words in terms of +animate, -human etc. we describe ….. a)semantic features b)semantic roles c)lexical relations d)prototypes 287- The ... meaning of the word December is 'the twelfth month of the year' a)conceptual b)associative c)metaphorical d)collocational 288- Words which are very closely related in meaning (such as answer and reply) are ... 30 a)homonyms b)synonyms c)antonyms d)hyponyms 289- Penguin is a ... of bird. a)homonym b)synonym c)hyponym d)prototype 290- The words ... are non-gradable antonyms. a)quick and slow b)fair and unfair c)rich and poor d)true and false 291- The words so and sew are a)hyponymy b)homophony c)homonymy d)co-hyponymy 292- The tendency of one word to occur in the company of another word (such as fresh and air) is referred to as ... a)metonymy b)polysemy c)collocation d)prototypes 293- Words the meaning of which depends on the physical context (such as here or yesterday) are referred to as ... a)indirect speech acts b)co-text c)deictic expressions d)presuppositions 294- What a speaker thinks is known by the hearer without explicitly saying so can be described as ... a)constancy under negation b)indirect speech act c)presupposition d)anaphora 295- The verbal ties and connections which exist within a text are said to constitute that text's ... a)coherence b)cohesion c)invisible meaning 31 d)place deixis 296- Besides quantity and quality, …... constitute the maxims of the co-operative principle. a)schema and script b)cohesion and coherence c)relation and manner d)deep structure and surface structure 297- Whenever we speak we make unconscious assumptions about the knowledge that we share with listeners such assumptions which affect our use of language are called a) conversational principles b) presuppositions c) logical structures d) language universals 298- The statement the king of Greece is on a visit to u s presupposes that a) Greece is a monarchy b) king of Greece is visiting the us c) king of Greece loves visiting the us d) the queen of Greece is also visiting the us 299- The unconscious assumptions that we share with our listeners are called a) logical structures b) language universals c) performatives d) presuppositions 300- Work in semantics deals with meaning. a)characterization of speaker b) characterization of word c)description of sentence d) description of grammatical 301- The sentence “The fish told me the truth.”,is a)both grammatical and semantic b)semantic but ungrammatical c)semantically odd but syntactically well- formed d)syntactically odd but semantically well -formed 302- The sentence: “My cat realizes that I’m an honest man” is a)propositionally unacceptable b)grammatically anomalous c)structurally ill formed d)semantically ill formed 303- What are the deictic expressions in the following sentence: “They will talk to me about this when its too late?” a)they ,will ,to ,me b)they ,me ,this ,it c)will ,me , about ,too d)will ,to ,me., is 304- The sentence, “The hamburger ate the man.” is a)syntactically ambiguous b)semantically odd c)phonologically ill formed d)grammatically well formed 305- Generally work in the field of deals with the description of word and sentence meaning a)semantics b)syntax c)pragmatics d)lexicon 306- In the sentence “He is expected to come here now.” the deictic expressions are a)come here and expected b)he here and now 32 c)is expected and come d)to here and now 307- features are the basic features involved in differentiating the meaning of each word in language form every other word a)morphological b)syntactic c)semantic d)phonological 308- Features such as [human],[young],[old]and [female] are referred to as features. a)morphological b)syntactic c)pragmatic d)semantic 309- Which of the following sentence does not contain any deictic expression? a)The students were discussing the topic b)They will have to do that tomorrow c)They are not here now d)I like working here 310- The co text of a word is the a)set of other words used in the same phrase or sentence b)word that can be used instead of that word c)set of words that have the opposite meaning d)physical context in which the word is used 311- When the meaning of one form is included in the meaning of another, the relationship is described as……… a)homophony b)homonymy c)hyponymy d)synonymy 312- The expression”bark (of a dog vs. of a tree) is a case of ……… a)antonymy b)homophony c)polysemy d)synonymy 313- The relationship between “melted” and “melt” is similar to the one between ………….and………….. a)darken and dark b)flatten and flatted c)frozen and freeze d)redden and red 314- The word “ mouth” in “mouth of the river” and “ a man’s mouth” would represent an example of….. a)homophony b)homonymy c)hyponymy d)polysemy 315- Which of the following pairs is called hyponymy? a)dead-alive b)daffodil-flower c)liberty-freedom d)big-small 316- Antonyms such as “small-big”, happy-sad, quick-slow” different from the sets such as “dead-alive, above-below, female-male” The former are called…….and the latter…….antonyms. a)gradable-nongradable b)lexical-nonlexical c)nongradable-gradable d)synonyms-nonsynonyms 317- The forms “know” and “no” are example of…. a)allophones b)homophones c)homographs d)homonyms 33 318- The lexical relationship between “furniture” and “chair” is similar to the one between….. a)”carrot” and “plant” b)”college” and “educational establishment” c)”fruit” and “banana” d)”potato” and “vegetable” 319- Which of the following pairs represents an example for gradable antonyms? a)short-tall b)dead- alive c)present-absent d)pass- fail 320- Two words that share all but one of their semantic features in common are called……… a)antonyms b)homonyms 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