MCQ Bank
Linguistic theories based on the notion of competence have been criticized for being too_______.
- A) ambiguous
- B) idealistic
- C) dramatic
- D) realistic
Which of the following is the process in which information is encoded, stored?
- A) Inference
- B) Thought
- C) Memory
- D) Concept
Language determines the manner and the way the human _________.
- A) mind thinks
- B) relates
- C) body works
- D) sleeps
Which of the following is a mental process by which we reach a conclusion based on specific evidence?
- A) Memory
- B) Thought
- C) Concept
- D) Inference
According to Howes (1983) during preschool years, children begin to differentiate between friends and_______.
- A) classmates
- B) relatives
- C) playmates
- D) siblings
Bachman’s grammatical competence is consonant with Canale and_______’s grammatical competence.
- A) Bachman
- B) Swain
- C) Hymes
- D) Chomsky
Which of the following is a kind of knowledge which we learn from other people, either by direct instruction or by watching their behavior?
- A) Preposition
- B) Culture
- C) Thought
- D) Language
Which of the following type of knowledges is learned from other people?
- A) Concept
- B) Non culture concept
- C) Memory
- D) Inference
The references to assumed shared worlds outside the text are called _________.
- A) exophoric
- B) cataphoric
- C) endophoric
- D) anaphoric
Syllables which stand out in the flow of talk are uttered with a relatively ________ intensity.
- A) greater
- B) similar
- C) smaller
- D) equal
Pairs of utterances such as greeting-greeting and apology-acceptance are called.
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
Stress on a word, phrase or sentence is called_________ level stress.
- A) secondary
- B) segment
- C) primary
- D) sentence
In the field of research, when did psychologists start using discourse analysis?
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
The units of sound in a language that differentiate one word from another are called___________.
- A) alphabets
- B) phonemes
- C) letters
- D) component
Who developed a model for the description of teacher-pupil talk, based on a hierarchy of discourse units?
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
The end of each intonation unit is marked with a ___________.
- A) semi-colon
- B) hash
- C) colon
- D) full stop
The usage of linguistic devices to join sentences together, including conjunctions and reference words is called.
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
Georg von Wright was a _________.
- A) poet
- B) philosopher
- C) novelist
- D) scientist
Conversation analysis is an approach to the analysis of discourse.
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
Rose is a _________ of flower.
- A) hypotonia
- B) hyponasty
- C) hypoderma
- D) hyponym