CSET English Subtest 2 Questions and
Answers
1.adding an s to change something to present tense third person.
doesnt change whether its a noun or verb etc
ANS overt inflectional ending
2.A simplified contact language made up of two or more languages
ANS Pidgin
3.Focus on language as a tool for communication. It looks at how different
types of sentences or phrases are used in different contexts or for
different purposes
ANS pragmatics
4.Branch of linguistics that deals with the internal structure and forms of
words. It is concerned with the rules for use of morphemes, the smallest
units of meaning in a language
ANS Morphology
5.Pronunciation of the long vowels in the english language slowly changed.
spelling no longer correlated with pronunciation. 15th century
ANS The great vowel shift
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, 6.smallest unit of speech sound. Throat has 4. throat
ANS phoneme
7.children can use pretty good grammar without knowing the rules. innate
ca- pacity of children to learn language fast
ANS Chomsky's theory of universal grammar
8.The ability to translate the symbols of letters and words into
meaningful information
ANS decoding
9.When a person who has been corrected for a mistake in usage makes
further mistakes in trying to avoid the original error
ANS Hypercorrection
10.Krashen's research. system is the most important and depends on
natural meaningful communication in the target language
ANS Acquisition system
11.Language developed from the germanic dialects spoken by tribes
migrat- ing from northern europe about 500CE
ANS Old english or anglo saxon
12.word origin
ANS Etymology
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Answers
1.adding an s to change something to present tense third person.
doesnt change whether its a noun or verb etc
ANS overt inflectional ending
2.A simplified contact language made up of two or more languages
ANS Pidgin
3.Focus on language as a tool for communication. It looks at how different
types of sentences or phrases are used in different contexts or for
different purposes
ANS pragmatics
4.Branch of linguistics that deals with the internal structure and forms of
words. It is concerned with the rules for use of morphemes, the smallest
units of meaning in a language
ANS Morphology
5.Pronunciation of the long vowels in the english language slowly changed.
spelling no longer correlated with pronunciation. 15th century
ANS The great vowel shift
1/
10
, 6.smallest unit of speech sound. Throat has 4. throat
ANS phoneme
7.children can use pretty good grammar without knowing the rules. innate
ca- pacity of children to learn language fast
ANS Chomsky's theory of universal grammar
8.The ability to translate the symbols of letters and words into
meaningful information
ANS decoding
9.When a person who has been corrected for a mistake in usage makes
further mistakes in trying to avoid the original error
ANS Hypercorrection
10.Krashen's research. system is the most important and depends on
natural meaningful communication in the target language
ANS Acquisition system
11.Language developed from the germanic dialects spoken by tribes
migrat- ing from northern europe about 500CE
ANS Old english or anglo saxon
12.word origin
ANS Etymology
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