Linguistics Exam 1 Review questions
with complete solutions
diphthong - correct answer ✔✔ The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single
syllable or running together the sounds. _i,_u -two sillabubs
Morpheme - correct answer ✔✔ in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a
word or a part of a word (such as a prefix). Can be a whole word. (sort)
lexical - correct answer ✔✔ relating to the words or vocabulary of a language
Syntax - correct answer ✔✔ Sentence structure
lexical category - correct answer ✔✔ Class of words grouped together based on morphological
properties. Traditionally known as part of speech.
syntactic category - correct answer ✔✔ a family of expressions that can substitute for one
another without loss of grammaticality
sound inventory - correct answer ✔✔ what sounds are used in a given language
Dialect - correct answer ✔✔ A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary,
spelling, and pronunciation.
do all dialects have same sound inventory - correct answer ✔✔ no- cot, caught in english
, What are the ways language varieties can differ - correct answer ✔✔ - phenology, lexicon,
syntax.
What part of language does lexicon deal with. - correct answer ✔✔ vocabulary- mental
dictionary
Does every speaker of the same language have the same lexicon? - correct answer ✔✔ No-
Individuals know about different specialties
prescriptive grammar and do they use 'correct' and 'good' - correct answer ✔✔ a set of rules
designed to give instructions regarding the socially embedded notion of the "correct" or
"proper" way to speak or write- true
Parts of words and their order - correct answer ✔✔ Morphology
phrase head - correct answer ✔✔ Most important word in a phrase- subject
en in oxen and S in cats are what - correct answer ✔✔ allomorphs
allomorph - correct answer ✔✔ variation of a morpheme
monophthongize - correct answer ✔✔ When you take a diphthong and take off second sound.
What morphological process does not change form of word - correct answer ✔✔ conversion
Clipping - correct answer ✔✔ A new word created by shortening an existing one, e.g. phone.
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with complete solutions
diphthong - correct answer ✔✔ The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single
syllable or running together the sounds. _i,_u -two sillabubs
Morpheme - correct answer ✔✔ in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a
word or a part of a word (such as a prefix). Can be a whole word. (sort)
lexical - correct answer ✔✔ relating to the words or vocabulary of a language
Syntax - correct answer ✔✔ Sentence structure
lexical category - correct answer ✔✔ Class of words grouped together based on morphological
properties. Traditionally known as part of speech.
syntactic category - correct answer ✔✔ a family of expressions that can substitute for one
another without loss of grammaticality
sound inventory - correct answer ✔✔ what sounds are used in a given language
Dialect - correct answer ✔✔ A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary,
spelling, and pronunciation.
do all dialects have same sound inventory - correct answer ✔✔ no- cot, caught in english
, What are the ways language varieties can differ - correct answer ✔✔ - phenology, lexicon,
syntax.
What part of language does lexicon deal with. - correct answer ✔✔ vocabulary- mental
dictionary
Does every speaker of the same language have the same lexicon? - correct answer ✔✔ No-
Individuals know about different specialties
prescriptive grammar and do they use 'correct' and 'good' - correct answer ✔✔ a set of rules
designed to give instructions regarding the socially embedded notion of the "correct" or
"proper" way to speak or write- true
Parts of words and their order - correct answer ✔✔ Morphology
phrase head - correct answer ✔✔ Most important word in a phrase- subject
en in oxen and S in cats are what - correct answer ✔✔ allomorphs
allomorph - correct answer ✔✔ variation of a morpheme
monophthongize - correct answer ✔✔ When you take a diphthong and take off second sound.
What morphological process does not change form of word - correct answer ✔✔ conversion
Clipping - correct answer ✔✔ A new word created by shortening an existing one, e.g. phone.
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