ENG506 Quiz 2 Set 4

ENG506 Quiz-2

1. . English has enriched English and the indigenous languages through -----------.

borrowing coinage semantic shifts

2. . Depending on culture and social context, varieties of English differ in ------------.

formal characteristics thought patterns discoursal features ✓ All the given above

3. . There is a great deal of -------------- in the use of the tense-aspect markers of English across its varieties. ✓ variation

similarity complexity easiness

4. . All the ----- sounds can be divided as voiced and unvoiced. ✓ Consonants

Vowels Stressed Phonemic

5. . The multilingual users of English base their system on their ---------- language. ✓ first

second foreign none of these

6. . In linguistics -------- is the process by which a word from one language is adapted for use in another. ✓ borrowing

coinage blending

7. . The unstressed syllables are squeezed in between the stresses to accommodate the regular rhythm of the ---------. ✓ stress

rhythm accent annotation

Q8. . Which of the following varieties of English is included in New Englishes?

Pakistani English Indian English Nigerian English ✓ All the given option

9. . The initial element in the sentence usually signals the --------. ✓ theme

style surface structure deep structure

10. . -----------is the world formation process in which a new word is created either deliberately or accidently. ✓ coinage

blending assimilation

11. . In linguistics, the process of combining two or more words to create a new word is called ----------.

coinage

✓ blending assimilation

12. . The literature written is distinctive varieties of English is often called ---------. ✓ contact literature

literature literature review none of the given above

13. . The differences are in stress, rhythm and in segmental features is called-------. ✓ accent

intonation phonation dialect