Test your basic knowledge |

Linguistics Basics

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Provides information about the group to which individuals belong






2. 1. Quality or timbre 2. Volume 3. Length 4. Pitch or tone






3. 1. Quality or timbre 2. Volume 3. Length 4. Pitch or tone






4. Words that depend on the context of a sentence for meaning (I - here - now)






5. Shift in meaning (drink a glass of water)






6. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






7. The meaning derived from flouting






8. Meaning components






9. The rise and fall of sentences






10. 1. Airstream 2. Phonation 3. Nasalization 4. Articulation






11. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






12. All aspects of meaning that go beyond the sense of the word - or the literal meaning






13. Moving parts of a sentence into different positions for emphatic purposes






14. One who knows many languages






15. Deals with how sounds are put together to form words






16. Describes how language words today or at any given moment in time - not concerned with origin/history






17. The sequence of sounds that make up a word






18. Having more than one meaning (polysemy)






19. 1. Airstream 2. Phonation 3. Nasalization 4. Articulation






20. The ability to produce language - what you know






21. The object which you can see - touch - hear - or smell






22. Deals with how sentences are formed






23. The branch of pragmatics that studies deictic words






24. The overall meaning of a text






25. The effect an utterance has on its audience (speech act)






26. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






27. Deals with how sentences are formed






28. Combined phonemes - the smallest unit of language with a distinct meaning






29. How sentences and texts are used in the world(context)






30. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






31. A sentence in which no transformation has been applied






32. How sentences and texts are used in the world(context)






33. Using a word from another language to create a new word (cafe - deja-vu)






34. Aspects of meaning having to do with the linguistic environment in which the expression occurs (cease and desist)






35. An utterance produced by a speaker






36. Meaning components






37. The fact that saying something commits you to it (vow - promise - swearing) (speech act)






38. The connection between shape and meaning is arbitrary






39. Mental representation of a word






40. Parts of a word are translated from other languages to create a new word (Fernsprecher)






41. Affixes - need to attach to another morpheme






42. What can be deduced from the sentence's literal meaning






43. Historical - shows how language has changed through time - traces the etymology of words






44. The principle of cooperation that requires you be as informative as required but not more than that






45. A transformation in which you divide the phrasal verb (Mary stood up John --> Mary stoop John up)






46. When a public body decides which language will be taught in schools - what languages public employees must know - etc






47. Describing the facts - Tries to determine why people use language the way they do - seeks to find the rules that govern spoken language






48. The effect an utterance has on its audience (speech act)






49. The set of sentences that must be true for the sentence to be true






50. 1. Vowels (no obstruction) 2. Stops (complete obstruction) 3. Fricatives (Partial occlusion)