ENG502 Midterm Quiz

ENG502

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Maha Malik Introduction to Linguistics

1. In linguistics, the of language does not change but the lexical items are inclined to change. (structure)
2. Primitive words could have been of the natural sounds. (imitation)
3. Physical effort and interaction among people could be source of early language learning experience. This statement refers to theory. (yo-he-ho)
4. The human quality of being able to communicate at two levels is called or double articulation. (duality)
5. Teeth, lips, mouth, larynx, and pharynx are the examples of

(physical adaptation source)

6. Linguistics is the scientific study of

. (language)

7. In linguistics, chemo communication refers to the fact that animals emit certain
8. After thousands of years of development, human have honed this message-building. The term ‘honed’ means

. (improved)

9. Factors like are going to influence language of the future. a. Economic cycle b. People’s migration c. One corporate language

d. All of the given options

10. The general classes of script include logographic, syllabic and

(alphabetic)

11. Old English is derived from the West Germanic family of language and Modern English is derived from Germanic family of language. (West)
12. An adverb inflects

. (Neither case nor tense)

13. Panini, the first known grammarian of the world, was from

. (India)

14. All languages require the organization and combining of sounds of in specific arrangements. (signs)
15. According to Bloch and Trager, a language is a system of vocal symbols by means of which a social group co-operates. (arbitrary)
16. The connection between the word ‘dog’ and the creature it refers to is not natural. It seems quite

. (arbitrary)

17. Sapir and Hall treat language as a purely institution. (human)
18. Behaviorists usually define language as a behavior that involves a stimulus and a response. (learned)
19. The quality of productivity in human beings can also be termed as open- endedness or

. (creativity)

20. The pre-existing natural languages are named as

. (Esperanto)

21. Genetically, with the passage of time, the brain develops and larynx

(descends)

22. In linguistics, chemo communication refers to the fact that animals emit certain
23. In linguistics, Chomsky believes that language learning is

. (innate)

24. Dravidian language family contains

. (Tamil & Kanada)

25. Animals can only talk about their

. (immediate environment)

26. The human history begins with the pathway of great apes. (neural)
27. According to Behaviorists, refers to language utterances or words or phrases of which they are composed. (symbol)
28. Segment or forms that cannot normally stand alone and are typically attached to another
29. Juncture, in linguistics, is the manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship
30. The sounds /l/, /r/, /n/ stands as the syllables. (weak)
31. In morphology, a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function is called a

. (morpheme)

32. English is a language. (stress timed)
33. A segment is “any unit that can be identified, either physically or auditory, in the stream of speech.” (discrete)
34. In phonology, the two types of stress include primary and stress.

(secondary)

35. Lexical morphemes are longer and, with the exception of ‘ox’ and American English’s