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ENG502 Midterm Quiz 2 After Midterm by Maha Malik

Introduction to Linguistics PDF 508 KBUpdated 23 Oct 2026
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  1. The two language areas in brain are called Wernicker’s area and area.

(Broca’s)

  1. A variety of a language that developed for some practical purpose, such as trading is called . (pidgin)
  2. During childhood, there is a period when the human brain is most ready to receive input and learn a particular language. This is called period. (critical)
  3. CDA is characterized by the common interests in ideologies and power through the systematic investigation of semiotic data. (de-mystifying)
  4. Hearing “great ape” instead of “gray tape” is an example of of the ear. (slip)
  5. The initial understanding of the discipline of Applied linguistics was called which assumed that anyone working within this field simply took insights from theoretical linguistics. (Linguistics applied)
  6. In critical Discourse Analysis, and inequality are widely discussed.

(power)

  1. The features of grammar and vocabulary as well as the aspects of pronunciation characterize of a language. (dialect)
  2. An area that generally controls movement of the muscle of arms, hands and feet is called

. (Motor Cortex)

10.

Specific aspects of language ability can be accorded specific location of the brain; this is named as view. (localization)

11.

In linguistics, the study of the relationship between language and the brain is called . (Neurolinguistics)

12.

In discourse, is/are always embedded within social, historical, political, and ideological contexts. (meanings)

13.

The symptoms such as substantially reduced amount of speech, distorted articulation and slow, often effortful speech characterize the disease. (motor aphasia)

14.

The researcher of critical discourse analysis would all embrace the concept of methodological as they freely admit that their methods are drawn from a wide range of scholarship. (hybridity)

15.

A manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location, or nation is called . (Accent)

16.

A practice oriented linguistic approach that seeks to describe the differences and similarities between a pair of languages is known as linguistics. (contrastive)

17.

The shared principles, values and behaviors of a social group can be termed as

. (culture)

18.

The native language or native dialect (usually colloquial or informal) of a specific population is called language. (vernacular)

19.

The assumption that truth is a result of science and logic is termed as .

(rationally)

20.

The coexistence of two or more languages or distinct varieties of the same language, within a speech community is termed as . (polyglossia)

21.

A social semiotic approach is concerned with how meanings are made-in both the outward and inner of signs. (representation)

22.

The central concept in critical discourse analysis is . (power)

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