All Free English Literature MCQs with Answers
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- A. Philology
- B. Phonology
- C. Phonetics
- D. linguistics
Explanation: Linguistics is the systematic or scientific study of language in its structure, use and development.
Correct answer: linguistics- A. Smog
- B. UNESCO
- C. Buzz
- D. edit
Explanation: Onomatopoeia refers to a word that imitates or suggests a natural sound, as buzz imitates the sound of humming or vibrating.
Correct answer: Buzz- A. Compounding
- B. Acronym
- C. Re__duplicates
- D. Conversion
Explanation: Reduplicatives are formed from two identical or slightly altered elements, such as bye-bye, zigzag, or tick-tock.
Correct answer: Re__duplicates- A. Compounding
- B. Portmanteau
- C. Derivation
- D. Clipping.
Explanation: Phone comes from telephone and photo from photograph, with part of each longer word removed.
Correct answer: Clipping.- A. Compounding
- B. Portmanteau
- C. Derivation
- D. Backformation
Explanation: Blackleg and flashlight join two independent words, black plus leg and flash plus light.
Correct answer: Compounding- A. Compounding
- B. Portmanteau
- C. Derivation
- D. Clipping.
Explanation: Clipping forms a shorter word by removing one or more syllables from a longer word, as advertisement becomes ad or examination becomes…
Correct answer: Clipping.- A. Compounding
- B. Portmanteau
- C. Derivation
- D. Backformation
Explanation: Derivation creates a new word by adding an affix to a base, such as unhappy from happy or kindness from kind.
Correct answer: Derivation- A. Compounding
- B. Portmanteau
- C. Derivation
- D. Backformation.
Explanation: Compounding joins two or more existing words to create a new word, as in blackboard or sunflower.
Correct answer: Compounding- A. Lateral plosion
- B. Alveolar plosion
- C. Nasal plosion
- D. Incomplete plosion.
Explanation: In little, the /t/ is released sideways through the following /l/, so it is an example of lateral plosion.
Correct answer: Lateral plosion- A. Bilabial plosion
- B. Alveolar plosion
- C. Nasal plosion
- D. Incomplete plosion.
Explanation: In act and picture, the /k/ is followed closely by another stop or affricate, so its normal release is not fully audible.
Correct answer: Incomplete plosion.- A. /p/ & /b/
- B. /m/ & /v/
- C. /t/ &/d/
- D. /k/ & /g/
Explanation: The alveolar plosives are /t/ and /d/, produced by briefly stopping airflow with the tongue at the alveolar ridge.
Correct answer: /t/ &/d/- 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-high and half-low describe the degree of tongue elevation during vowel production, so the relevant feature is tongue height.
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. The state of the tension of the tongue
Explanation: Tense and lax vowels are distinguished by the muscular tension involved in articulating them, especially the tension of the tongue.
Correct answer: The state of the tension of the tongue- 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, back, and central vowels are named according to the part of the tongue raised toward the palate.
Correct answer: The part of the tongue that is raised1575. The classification of vowels into round vowels and unrounded vowels is based on ________________?
- 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: Rounded vowels are produced with the lips rounded or protruded, while unrounded vowels are produced without that lip shaping.
Correct answer: The position of the lips1576. According to the height to which the tongue is raised, vowels can be classified into __________?
- A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels
- B. Front vowels & back vowels
- C. High vowels & low vowels
- D. Tense vowels &lax vowels
Explanation: Vowel height refers to how high the tongue rises in the mouth, giving categories such as high and low vowels.
Correct answer: High vowels & low vowels- A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels
- B. Front vowels & back vowels
- C. High vowels & low vowels
- D. Tense vowels &lax vowels
Explanation: The position or shape of the lips divides vowels into rounded and unrounded types.
Correct answer: Round vowels & unrounded vowels- A. Portmanteau
- B. Onomatopoeia
- C. Clipping
- D. Metanalysis
Explanation: A portmanteau, also called a blend, combines parts of two words, as in brunch from breakfast and lunch.
Correct answer: Portmanteau- A. Complementary distribution
- B. Contrastive distribution
- C. Non__complementary distribution
- D. None of the above
Explanation: The aspirated and unaspirated forms of /k/ do not create different meanings in this environment, so they are allophones in complementary…
Correct answer: Complementary distribution- A. Contrastive distribution
- B. Complementary distribution
- C. Non__contrastive distribution
- D. None of the abovE.
Explanation: Phonemes are in contrastive distribution when replacing one with another in the same environment changes meaning, as /p/ and /b/ do in pin…
Correct answer: Contrastive distribution