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






2. Deals with how sentences are formed






3. Multiword units - the meaning of which is not the sum of its parts






4. Using the initial letters of a set of words (NFL - NASA)






5. Noam Chomsky's idea that the principles that govern grammar are genetically programmed in human beings






6. A transformation in which you add an auxiliary verb and switching to question format






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






8. Putting two old words together to make a new word (railway)






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






10. Two words of different meanings that differ in only one phoneme (bit and pit - dog and dock)






11. Aspects of meaning having to do with different levels of formality






12. Aspects of meaning having to do with different levels of formality






13. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






14. The principle of cooperation that requires relevance






15. A new word






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






17. A transformation in which you shift the object of a sentence (Mary gave a book to John --> Mary gave John a book)






18. A transformation in which you add a negation word to the sentence






19. Deals with how the sounds are organized






20. A word that has died out






21. Morphemes that can appear alone (cat)






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






23. What we say in a literal sense (speech act)






24. Breaking a word down by the way it looks and adding morphemes (workaholic - veggieburger)






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






26. Two words of different meanings that differ in only one phoneme (bit and pit - dog and dock)






27. Deals with how sentences are formed






28. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






29. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






30. Aspects of meaning evoked by cultural or literary codes






31. Mental representation of a word






32. Deals with the sounds of a language






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






34. The ability to produce language - what you know






35. Core meaning - corresponds to a sign's sense or intension - the literal meaning of a word






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






37. A black and white - right and wrong approach to language - traditional - seeks to impose outside arbitrary rules






38. Actually saying a word - what you can do






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






40. Shortening a longer word (phone - auto) to create new words






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






42. Core meaning - corresponds to a sign's sense or intension - the literal meaning of a word






43. The word that connects the meaning and the referent






44. The situation in which a sentence is uttered






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






46. A syntactic phenomenon where a given constituent is in a constituent of the same kind






47. The meaning of a sign






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






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






50. Affix in the middle of a word