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- A. Bilabial plosion
- B. Alveolar plosion
- C. Nasal plosion
- D. Incomplete plosion.
Explanation: In topmost, /p/ is followed by the bilabial nasal /m/, so the air is released through the nose, producing nasal plosion.
Correct answer: Nasal plosion- A. /p/ & /b/
- B. /m/ & /v/
- C. /t/ &/d/
- D. /k/ & /g/
Explanation: The velar plosives are /k/ and /g/, produced by raising the back of the tongue against the soft palate.
Correct answer: /k/ & /g/- A. /p/ & /b/
- B. /m/ & /v/
- C. /t/ &/d/
- D. /k/ & /g/
Explanation: /p/ and /b/ are bilabial plosives because both lips close to stop and then release the airflow.
Correct answer: /p/ & /b/- 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.
Explanation: Half-close and half-open describe the vertical height of the tongue in the mouth: the tongue is raised more for half-close vowels and…
Correct answer: The height to which the tongue is raised- 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.
Explanation: Close and open vowels are distinguished by the height of the tongue, or the degree of opening in the mouth.
Correct answer: The height to which the tongue is raised- 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.
Explanation: High and low vowels refer to how high the tongue is raised during articulation.
Correct answer: The height to which the tongue is raised- 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.
Explanation: Front and back vowels are classified by which part of the tongue is raised: the front for front vowels and the back for back vowels.
Correct answer: The part of the tongue that is raised- A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels
- B. Front vowels & back vowels
- C. High vowels & low vowels
- D. Tense vowels &lax vowels
Explanation: Tense and lax vowels are distinguished by the state or muscular tension of the tongue during articulation.
Correct answer: Tense vowels &lax vowels- A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels
- B. Front vowels & back vowels
- C. High vowels & low vowels
- D. Tense vowels &lax vowels
Explanation: When the front, central, or back part of the tongue is raised, vowels are classified as front, central, or back vowels.
Correct answer: Front vowels & back vowels- A. Complementary distribution
- B. Contrastive distribution
- C. Non__complementary distribution
- D. None of the abovE.
Explanation: Sounds in complementary distribution occur in mutually exclusive environments and do not create a difference in meaning, as with many…
Correct answer: Complementary distribution- A. Standard English
- B. Received Pronunciation
- C. Standard pronunciation
- D. Recognized pronunciation
Explanation: Received Pronunciation, or RP, was the traditional prestige pronunciation associated with educated speakers and public-school usage in…
Correct answer: Received Pronunciation- A. Monosyllabic
- B. Disyllabic
- C. Try syllabic
- D. Polysyllabic
Explanation: Examination has more than three syllables, commonly pronounced ex-am-i-na-tion, so it is polysyllabic.
Correct answer: Polysyllabic- A. Allophones
- B. Allomorphs
- C. Morpheme variants
- D. Minimal pairs
Explanation: The /k/ in kill is aspirated, whereas the /k/ in skill is normally unaspirated; these are context-dependent realizations of the same…
Correct answer: Allophones- A. Allophones
- B. Allomorphs
- C. Morpheme variants
- D. Minimal pairs
Explanation: The clear [l] generally occurs before a vowel, while the dark [ɫ] commonly occurs after a vowel or at the end of a syllable.
Correct answer: Allophones- A. To account by its rules for the infinite sentences of a language
- B. To be explicit about the grammaticality of sentences
- C. To predict all and the only possible grammatical sentences of a language
- D. All the above.
Explanation: A grammar must generate the potentially infinite sentences of a language, state clearly which sentences are grammatical, and exclude…
Correct answer: All the above.- A. Chomsky's "Syntactic Structures"
- B. Chomsky's "Aspects of the theory of Syntax"
- C. Leonard Bloomfield's "Language"
- D. Both "a' & "b"
Explanation: Chomsky introduced transformational-generative grammar in Syntactic Structures and developed its fuller theoretical framework in Aspects…
Correct answer: Both "a' & "b"- A. Leonard Bloomfield & Noam Chomsky
- B. Leonard Bloomfield & Max__Muller
- C. Max__Muller & Herman Gundert
- D. Edward Sapir & Ferdinand de Saussure
Explanation: Leonard Bloomfield established the structuralist approach to Immediate Constituent analysis, while Noam Chomsky extended constituent…
Correct answer: Leonard Bloomfield & Noam Chomsky1518. __________is a method of word formation whereby on or more syllables are removed from longer words ?
- A. Portmanteau
- B. Onomatopoeia
- C. Clipping
- D. Metanalysis
Explanation: Clipping forms a shorter word by removing one or more syllables from a longer form, as in advertisement becoming ad.
Correct answer: Clipping- A. An adjective forming morpheme
- B. Plural morpheme
- C. Possessive morpheme
- D. Morpheme signaling third person singular.
Explanation: In she sings, the ending -s marks agreement with a third-person singular subject in the present tense.
Correct answer: Morpheme signaling third person singular.- A. An adjective forming morpheme
- B. Plural morpheme
- C. Possessive morpheme
- D. Noun forming morpheme
Explanation: The suffix -or turns the verb act into the agent noun actor, so it is a noun-forming morpheme.
Correct answer: Noun forming morpheme