ENG502 Midterm Quiz 2 Before Midterm by Maha Malik

1. Segment or forms that cannot normally stand alone and are typically attached to another

from are called Morphemes. (Bound)

2. Juncture, in linguistics, is the manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship

between two sounds. (consecutive)

3. The sounds /l/, /r/, /n/ stands as the syllables. (weak)
4. In morphology, a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function is called a .

(morpheme)

5. English is a language. (stress timed)
6. A segment is “any unit that can be identified, either physically or auditory, in

the stream of speech.” (discrete)

7. In phonology, the two types of stress include primary and stress. (secondary)
8. Lexical morphemes are longer and, with the exception of ‘ox’ and American English’s

‘ax’, are spelt with a minimum of graphemes. (three)

9. If the second syllable is strong, it is stressed in such as arrive or apply. (verbs)

10.

Consonants like /m/ and /b/ occurring together in a word but belonging to two

different syllables are called consonants. (abutting)

11.

Lexical morphemes are class words. (open)

12.

In phonology, the words such as in, of and at are the examples of syllables.

(closed)

13.

A phoneme is a basic unit of phonology. It is the unit which causes a

change in meaning. (smallest)

14.

In the word ‘helped’ the sound ‘p’ is . (final)

15.

In phonology, is relative emphasis or prominence given to a certain

syllable in a word? (stress)

16.

The morpheme that can stand alone as a single word by itself is

called Morpheme. (free)

17.

In morphology, the difference between dog and dogs is that of form.

(word)

18.

The words ‘female’ and ‘frozen’ have syllables. (open)

19.

In phonology, a minimum syllable is a syllable which has no onset and no .

(coda)

20.

New functional morphemes cannot normally be . (coined)

21.

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. (function)

22.

In phonology, no word ends with more than consonants. (four)

23.

In phonology, accent on certain words within a sentence is called stress.

(sentence)

24.

In syllable timed languages, there is in stress. (little variation)

25.

Choose the word with two syllables. (painted)