ENG502 Midterm Quizzes by Maha Malik

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 from

their bodies in order to communicate.(chemicals)

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.

o Economic cycle

o People’s migration

o One corporate language

o 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 from their bodies in order to communicate. (chemicals)

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. · 29. · 30.

The sounds /l/, /r/, /n/ stands as the syllables. (weak)

31. · . (morpheme) · 32. · 33.

A segment is “any unit that can be identified, either physically or

auditory, in the stream of speech.” (discrete)

34. · (secondary) · 35.

Lexical morphemes are longer and, with the exception of ‘ox’ and American

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

36. · (verbs) · 37. · 38. · 39.

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

(closed)

40.

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

change in meaning. (smallest)

41.

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

42.

43.

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

called Morpheme. (free)

44. · (word) · 45.

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

46. · (coda) · 47.

New functional morphemes cannot normally be . (coined)

48. · 49. · 50. · (sentence) · 51.

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

52.

53.

New functional morphemes cannot normally be . (coined)