Introduction to Linguistics Final Exam
with verified answers
Grammar - correct answer ✔✔ According to linguistics grammar is the mental representation of
a speaker's linguistic competence
Competence - correct answer ✔✔ Knowledge of a language, usually unconscious knowledge, by
a speaker
Creative aspect - correct answer ✔✔ the ability to produce an endless number of novel
sentences
Descriptive grammar - correct answer ✔✔ the model of how people actually speak
Prescriptive grammar - correct answer ✔✔ a model of how people ought to speak
Syntactic category - correct answer ✔✔ a word or group of words that can be replaced by
another word or group of words of the same type without losing grammaticality
Universal grammar - correct answer ✔✔ the innate principles and properties that pertain to the
grammars of all human languages
the word OF is an example of a... - correct answer ✔✔ functional word
the word EAT is an example of a... - correct answer ✔✔ content word
, Morpheme - correct answer ✔✔ minimal linguistic unit of function or meaning
derivational morpheme - correct answer ✔✔ a bound morpheme that changes the meaning or
syntactic category of a word
inflectional morpheme - correct answer ✔✔ a bound morpheme (except for some irregular
examples) that affects the syntax of the sentence
Productivity - correct answer ✔✔ the ability to add many more words to our language by having
rules to add affixes to roots
Suppletive - correct answer ✔✔ the linguistic term for an "irregular" inflected morpheme in
which regular rules do not apply
Voiced Sound - correct answer ✔✔ a speech sound produced by vibrating vocal cords
Pitch - correct answer ✔✔ the frequency of the vibration of the vocal cords
Nasal Sounds - correct answer ✔✔ a speech sound produced by a raised velum
Affricate - correct answer ✔✔ a speech sound produced by a stop released into a fricative
Stop - correct answer ✔✔ a speech sound produced when the air is completely blocked in the
mouth cavity
Glide - correct answer ✔✔ a speech sound produced by very little obstruction and always
followed by a vowel
with verified answers
Grammar - correct answer ✔✔ According to linguistics grammar is the mental representation of
a speaker's linguistic competence
Competence - correct answer ✔✔ Knowledge of a language, usually unconscious knowledge, by
a speaker
Creative aspect - correct answer ✔✔ the ability to produce an endless number of novel
sentences
Descriptive grammar - correct answer ✔✔ the model of how people actually speak
Prescriptive grammar - correct answer ✔✔ a model of how people ought to speak
Syntactic category - correct answer ✔✔ a word or group of words that can be replaced by
another word or group of words of the same type without losing grammaticality
Universal grammar - correct answer ✔✔ the innate principles and properties that pertain to the
grammars of all human languages
the word OF is an example of a... - correct answer ✔✔ functional word
the word EAT is an example of a... - correct answer ✔✔ content word
, Morpheme - correct answer ✔✔ minimal linguistic unit of function or meaning
derivational morpheme - correct answer ✔✔ a bound morpheme that changes the meaning or
syntactic category of a word
inflectional morpheme - correct answer ✔✔ a bound morpheme (except for some irregular
examples) that affects the syntax of the sentence
Productivity - correct answer ✔✔ the ability to add many more words to our language by having
rules to add affixes to roots
Suppletive - correct answer ✔✔ the linguistic term for an "irregular" inflected morpheme in
which regular rules do not apply
Voiced Sound - correct answer ✔✔ a speech sound produced by vibrating vocal cords
Pitch - correct answer ✔✔ the frequency of the vibration of the vocal cords
Nasal Sounds - correct answer ✔✔ a speech sound produced by a raised velum
Affricate - correct answer ✔✔ a speech sound produced by a stop released into a fricative
Stop - correct answer ✔✔ a speech sound produced when the air is completely blocked in the
mouth cavity
Glide - correct answer ✔✔ a speech sound produced by very little obstruction and always
followed by a vowel
