_involves a different analysis of the structure of the word by attaching a consonant at
the end of a word or a vowel at the beginning of the next word ?
0
A. Portmanteau
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Clipping
D. Met analysis
______________________is a processes of word formation wherein new words are
coined by combining the segments of two different existing words?
0
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation.
The /d/ in ‘middle’ is an instance of __________________?
0
A. Lateral plosion
B. Alveolar plosion
C. Nasal plosion
D. Incomplete plosion.
The /p/ in ‘top__most’ is a ______________?
0
A. Bilabial plosion
B. Alveolar plosion
C. Nasal plosion
D. Incomplete plosion.
Which among the following pairs are Velar plosives ?
0
A. /p/ & /b/
B. /m/ & /v/
C. /t/ &/d/
D. /k/ & /g/
Which among the following are bilabial plosive sounds in English?
0
A. /p/ & /b/
B. /m/ & /v/
C. /t/ &/d/
D. /k/ & /g/
The classification of vowels into half__close vowels and half__open vowels is based on
________________?
0
A. The position of the lips
B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the abovE.
The classification of vowels into close vowels and open vowels is based on
________________?
0
A. The position of the lips
B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the above.
The classification of vowels into high vowels and low vowels is based on ____________?
0
A. The position of the lips
B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the abovE.
The classification of vowels into front vowels and back vowels is based on
________________ ?
0
A. The position of the lips
B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the abovE.
On the basis of the criterion of the state of the tension of the tongue, vowels can be
classified into______________?
0
A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels
B. Front vowels & back vowels
C. High vowels & low vowels
D. Tense vowels &lax vowels
According to the part of the tongue that is raised, vowels can be classified
into__________?
0
A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels
B. Front vowels & back vowels
C. High vowels & low vowels
D. Tense vowels &lax vowels
Which among the following dimensions can the vowels in English be classified ?
0
A. The position of the lips
B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the abovE.
The phonemes which do not occur in the same linguistic environment and which when
occur so, do not bring about a change in meaning are said to be in __________?
0
A. Complementary distribution
B. Contrastive distribution
C. Non__complementary distribution
D. None of the abovE.
The pronunciation of English practised by the educated people at the public schools
came to be called____________?
0
A. Standard English
B. Received Pronunciation
C. Standard pronunciation
D. Recognized pronunciation
The IPA came into existence in the year__________?
0
A. 1889
B. 1998
C. 1989
D. 1888
Words with more than three syllables are called __________words?
0
A. Multisyllabic
B. Disyllabic
C. Try syllabic
D. Polysyllabic
The word ‘examination’ is a ____________word?
2
A. Monosyllabic
B. Disyllabic
C. Try syllabic
D. Polysyllabic
The /k/ in ‘kill’ and ‘skill’ are ________________?
0
A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Morpheme variants
D. Minimal pairs
The clear /l/ and the dark /l/ may be considered to be the ______________________of
the same phoneme /l/?
0
A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Morpheme variants
D. Minimal pairs
minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language is called__________?
0
A. Syllable
B. Phoneme
C. Morpheme
D. Allomorph
/m/ is a ______________consonant?
0
A. Bilabial
B. Bilabial__nasal
C. Velar
D. Glottal
How many types of phonetic transcriptions are generally followed ?
0
A. Only one
B. Two
C. Innumerable
D. None of the above
The term________________refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even
words in continuous speech?
0
A. Alliteration
B. Assonance
C. Elision
D. None of the above
____________refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech?
0
A. Stress
B. Pitch
C. Intonation
D. JuncturE.
How many stressed are generally marked_____________?
0
A. Only one
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
______________is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttereD ?
0
A. Stress
B. Pitch
C. Intonation
D. Juncture
________________are also called secondary phonemes?
0
A. Suprasegmentals
B. Morphemes
C. Allomorphs
D. Allophones
The final /n/ in the words ‘sudden’ and ‘mutton’ are __________________?
0
A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the above
Syllables in which the consonant functions as nucleus are called________?
0
A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the abo
e word ‘bank’ in ‘on the banks on the river’ and ‘banks are financial institutions’ is
called a____________?
0
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
______________________is used to designate words pronounced differently though
identically?
0
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
The term ______________is used to designate words which are spelt differently but
pronounced alike and which are different in meaning ?
0
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
The consonants /j/ and /w/ are called__________?
0
A. Semi__vowels
B. Laterals
C. Sibilants
D. Trills.
How many nasal sounds are there in the English Language ?
0
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
The ‘r’ in red is articulated as a______________?
0
A. Trill
B. Lateral
C. Frictionless continuant
D. Semi__vowel
The consonant /s/ is called ________ ?
0
A. Sibilant
B. Lateral
C. Nasal
D. Semi__vowel
/f/ and /v/ are called ?
0
A. Plosives
B. Affricates
C. fricatives
D. Trill
The initial sound in ‘chair’ and ‘jam’ are examples for__________?
0
A. Plosives
B. Affricates
C. fricatives
D. Trill
Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used to indicate that the speaker
implies things which are not explicitly expressed____________?
0
A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above
of the following patterns of intonation is used in polite requests________________?
0
A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in listing the items ?
0
A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in commands_____________?
0
A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as
ordinary statements ?
0
A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above
The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of
__________assimilation?
0
A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. Reciprocal
D. None of the above
The two sounds influencing each other and combine to produce a third sound is an
instance of ________________assimilation?
0
A. Progressive
B. regressive
C. reciprocal
D. Regressive
E. None of the above
In the pronunciation of the word ‘ink’ the alveolar /n/ becoming a velar sound is an
instance of ____________?
0
A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. Reciprocal
D. None of the above
The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and
juncture are called ______________?
0
A. Supra__segmental phonemes
B. Secondary phonemes
C. Prosodic features
D. All the above.
The initial sounds in the words ‘ship’, ‘church’ and ‘judge; are examples
for__________?
0
A. Palato__alveolar
B. Palatal
C. Velar
D. Bilabial
/f/and /v/ are______________?
0
A. Dental
B. Labio__dental
C. Bilabial
D. Alveolar
are sounds articulated in the glottis ?
0
A. Glottal
B. Velar
C. Palatal
D. None of the above
__________are produced involving the tip of the tongue and the back part of the teeth
ridgE ?
0
A. Post__alveolar
B. Palate__alveolar
C. Palatal
D. Velar
__________are articulated by raising the front of the tongue towards the hard palate ?
0
A. Post__alveolar
B. Palate__alveolar
C. Palatal
D. Velar
Sounds articulated by the tip of the tongue placed against the upper teeth are
called___________________?
0
A. Dental
B. Labio__dental
C. Bilabial
D. Alveolar
Sounds articulated by two lips are called ____________?
0
A. Dental
B. Bilabial
C. Labio__dental
D. Alveolar
________ is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme
?
0
A. Syllable
B. Stress
C. Intonation
D. Pitch.
______________are words which differ only in one phoneme ?
0
A. Diphthongs
B. Triphthongs
C. Semi__vowels
D. Minimal pairs
____________is a monosyllabic vowel combination of a diphthong and a the weak
vowel?
0
A. Triaphthong
B. Triaphone
C. Triphthong
D. Triology
The study of meaning is called________?
0
A. Phonology
B. Morphology
C. Syntax
D. Semantics
______________is the scientific study of language ?
0
A. Philology
B. Phonology
C. Phonetics
D. linguistics
The /t/ in little is an instance of __________________?
0
A. Lateral plosion
B. Alveolar plosion
C. Nasal plosion
D. Incomplete plosion.
The /k/ sound in ‘act’and ‘picture’ is a____________?
0
A. Bilabial plosion
B. Alveolar plosion
C. Nasal plosion
D. Incomplete plosion.
Which among the following pairs are Alveolar plosives ?
0
A. /p/ & /b/
B. /m/ & /v/
C. /t/ &/d/
D. /k/ & /g
e –s in ‘boys’ is ______________?
0
A. An adjective forming morpheme
B. Plural morpheme
C. Possessive morpheme
D. Past morpheme
The final sounds /t/, /d/, and /id/ in the words packed, bagged and patted are instances
of__________?
0
A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Minimal pairs
D. None of the above
Morpheme alternants are called________?
0
A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Minimal pairs
D. None of the above
The ‘ing’ in sleeping is an example of ____________?
0
A. A free morpheme
B. Free variation
C. Bound morpheme
D. None of these
How many classes of morphemes can be identified in a language ?
0
A. Only one
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
______________is concerned with the selection and organization of speech sounds in a
language?
0
A. Phonology
B. Morphology
C. Semantics
D. Syntax
________________refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining to
sentences?
0
A. Intonation
B. Stress
C. Pitch
D. JuncturE
__________________is the accent on certain words within the a sentence?
0
A. Semantics
B. Syntax
C. Sentence__stress
D. None of the above
Stress is used for the sake of ______________?
0
A. Emphasis
B. Loudness
C. Double meaning
D. None of the above
____________________are also called prosodic features?
0
A. Suprasegmentals
B. Morphemes
C. Allomorphs
D. Allophones
e final /m/ in the word ‘Prism’ is an instance of ____________?
0
A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the above
The older term used to designate the study of languages is____________?
0
A. Philology
B. Haplology
C. Phonology
D. Semiology
Which among the following is not an aim of linguistics_______________?
0
A. To study the nature of language
B. To establish a theory of language
C. To propound stories of the origin of language
D. To describe a language and all languages
Which among the following does not constitute the scientific nature of
linguistics_____________?
0
A. Systematic gathering and analysis of data
B. Determination of causal relationship between facts
C. Chronological presentation of data
D. Verification, validation and generalization.
__________________________is the study of how the mentally represented grammar of
language is employed in the production and comprehension of speech?
0
A. Socio__linguistics
B. Psycho__linguistics
C. Neuron__linguistics
D. Physio –linguistics
A person who can use more than two languages_______________?
0
A. Multilingual
B. Poly__lingual
C. Bilingual
D. Poly__langual
______________refers to the linguistic norm specific to a geographical area, social class
or status affecting mutual intelligibility ?
0
A. Dialect
B. Idiolect
C. Register
D. Slang
A person who has the ability to use only one language is called__________?
0
A. Monologue
B. Monolingual
C. Monologal
D. None of the above
A collection of similar Idiolect make up ______________?
1
A. Dialect
B. Idiolects
C. Register
D. Slang
Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and
organization of the elements of language ?
0
A. Language
B. Parole
C. Competence
D. Both langue and Competenc
Which among the following is not a characteristic feature of language ?
0
A. Language is systematic
B. Language is arbitrary
C. Language is dynamic
D. Language is instinctive.
Who defined language as “a set or (finite or infinite) sentences, each finite in length and
constructed out of a finite set of elements” ?
0
A. Noam Chomsky
B. Ferdinand de Saussure
C. Edward Sapir
D. None of the above
The final /l/ in the words ‘bottle’, ‘cattle’ and ‘little’ are examples of _____________ ?
0
A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the above
The present__tense form of the verb ‘read’ and its past__tense which is pronounced as
‘red’ is an example of _____________?
0
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
The words denoting the colour ‘red’ and the past__tense of the verb ‘read’ ; ‘right’ and’
‘write’; and ‘site’ and sight’ are examples for________________?
0
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
Certain morphemes have more than one meaning and can be understood in more than
one way. They are called ______________?
0
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
The different concrete phonetic variation of the same phoneme are
called______________?
0
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
Semi__vowels are also known as ________________?
0
A. Approximants
B. Laterals
C. Sibilants
D. Trill
ow many nasal sounds are there in the Malayalam language ?
0
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
The consonant /l/ is called ____________?
0
A. Sibilant
B. Lateral
C. Nasal
D. Semi__vowel
/s/, /z/ are called ____________?
0
A. Plosives
B. Affricates
C. Fricatives
D. Trill
/p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/ are examples for ______________?
0
A. Plosives
B. Affricates
C. fricatives
D. Trill
Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used in W.H. questions asked in a
warm and friendly way indicating extra politeness ?
0
A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as
questions ?
0
A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in tag questions which imply that
the speaker is certain about what is said_____________?
0
A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in W.Hquestions ?
0
A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above
The American pronunciation of the word ‘issue’ is an instance of
________________type of assimilation?
0
A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. Reciprocal
D. None of the above
The voiced sound /z/ denoting the plural morpheme in the word ‘dogs’ is an instance of
________________assimilation?
0
A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. reciprocal
D. none of the abov
Assimilation is mainly of ____________ types?
0
A. Four
B. Two
C. Three
D. Only one
/h/ in the word ‘he’ is a __________ sound?
0
A. Velar
B. Glottal
C. Palatal
D. Alveolar
The initial consonant in ‘Young’ is a __________ sound?
0
A. Palatal
B. Velar
C. Dental
D. Glottal
/t/. /d/, /n/, /l/, /s/ are __________________?
0
A. Alveolar
B. Post__alvoelar
C. Palatal
D. Dental;
/p/, /b/, /m/ and /w/ are____________?
0
A. Bilabial
B. Dental;
C. Velar
D. Glottal
________are articulated by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate?
0
A. Post__alveolar
B. Palate__alveolar
C. Palatal
D. Velar
____________articulated by the tip and the blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge
with raising of the front of the tongue towards the palate ?
0
A. Post__alveolar
B. Palate__alveolar
C. Palatal
D. Velar
