MCQ Bank
In English, a phrase consists of a preposition and a noun phrase.
- A) prepositional
- B)
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- D)
Sound waves can be described in terms of properties such as cycle, period, frequency, and amplitude.
- A) physical
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The element of reduction that is noticeable in blending is even more apparent in the process described as .
- A) clipping
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The mentalistic approach by Piadget states that all languages must be by the child.
- A) learnt
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The intra-disciplinary branch linguistics entitled linguistics is mainly interested in general patterns that shape each and every language, both in their current structure and in their historical developments.
- A) descriptive
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A phoneme is a basic unit of phonology. It is the unit which causes a change in meaning.
- A) smallest
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Segmental phonology is not interested in the production, the physical properties, or the perception of these sounds, but in the and possible combinations of sounds within the sound system.
- A) function
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In morphology, a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function is called a .
- A) morpheme
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In morphology, phone is actual realization of the phonemes and morphs are actual forms to realize .
- A) morphemes
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If the second syllable is strong, it is stressed in such as arrive or apply.
- A) Verbs
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English is a language.
- A) stress timed
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Segment or forms that cannot normally stand alone and are typically attached to another from are called Morphemes.
- A) Bound
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Phonology is the study of the sound system of languages. It studies how sounds categories are manipulated in the processing of language.
- A) abstract
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Closed classes of words take no affixes in English.
- A) inflectional
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In phonology, a minimum syllable is a syllable which has no onset and no .
- A) coda
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Affixes added to the end of a word are called .
- A) suffixes
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The truth of a proposition is determined by sense reference to experience.
- A) common
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Choose the word with two syllables.
- A) painted
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Juncture, in linguistics, is the manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two sounds.
- A) consecutive
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The pronoun must be in comparative case after comparative adjective is the subject matter of .
- A) descriptivism
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- D)