SPANISH CSET SUBTEST II 78 2026
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ descriptive grammar.
Answer: a set of rules about language based on how it is actually
used; there is no right or wrong language; "he goes" means "he said"
represents the unconscious knowledge of language
◉ prescriptive grammar.
Answer: the structure of lanuage as it should be used; grammtically
correct
◉ deep structure (language).
Answer: the information that exists in the mind of the speaker as
more or less an abstract representation
◉ surface structure (language).
Answer: expressing information linguistically by producing
sentences/utterances
,◉ linguistic rules.
Answer:
◉ language development.
Answer: a process starting early in life, infants start without
language yet by 10 months they can distinguish speech sounds and
engage in babbling.
◉ receptive (in language dev).
Answer:
◉ expressive ( Lang Dev.).
Answer:
◉ classification of languages.
Answer: classified according to different features such as the way
they use sounds, types of morphology, and word order.
◉ family and branches.
Answer: group of languages related through descent from a common
ancestor, then further divided.
◉ perspectives on the study of language.
, Answer: synchronic and diachronic
◉ synchronic.
Answer:
◉ diachronic.
Answer:
◉ language change.
Answer: Alteration over time in any component of a language, such
as pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.
◉ different types of change that language undergo at all levels.
Answer: phonetic-sounds, morphological-words, semantic-meaning,
syntactic-set of rules, lexical- word bank
◉ mechanism by which languge occurs.
Answer:
◉ umlaut.
Answer: sound change where a vowel sound was modified to
conform more closely to the vowel in the next syllable ex; foot - feet
(first occured in germanic lang 450AD)
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ descriptive grammar.
Answer: a set of rules about language based on how it is actually
used; there is no right or wrong language; "he goes" means "he said"
represents the unconscious knowledge of language
◉ prescriptive grammar.
Answer: the structure of lanuage as it should be used; grammtically
correct
◉ deep structure (language).
Answer: the information that exists in the mind of the speaker as
more or less an abstract representation
◉ surface structure (language).
Answer: expressing information linguistically by producing
sentences/utterances
,◉ linguistic rules.
Answer:
◉ language development.
Answer: a process starting early in life, infants start without
language yet by 10 months they can distinguish speech sounds and
engage in babbling.
◉ receptive (in language dev).
Answer:
◉ expressive ( Lang Dev.).
Answer:
◉ classification of languages.
Answer: classified according to different features such as the way
they use sounds, types of morphology, and word order.
◉ family and branches.
Answer: group of languages related through descent from a common
ancestor, then further divided.
◉ perspectives on the study of language.
, Answer: synchronic and diachronic
◉ synchronic.
Answer:
◉ diachronic.
Answer:
◉ language change.
Answer: Alteration over time in any component of a language, such
as pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.
◉ different types of change that language undergo at all levels.
Answer: phonetic-sounds, morphological-words, semantic-meaning,
syntactic-set of rules, lexical- word bank
◉ mechanism by which languge occurs.
Answer:
◉ umlaut.
Answer: sound change where a vowel sound was modified to
conform more closely to the vowel in the next syllable ex; foot - feet
(first occured in germanic lang 450AD)
