Spanish CSET Subtest 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Phonology (fonología) - CORRECT ANSWER -The branch of linguistics that deals with sytems of
sounds.
phonemes (fonemas) - CORRECT ANSWER -The smallest unit of sound;may cause change in
meaning but does not have meaning on its own
"bake" v. "brake"
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morphology (morfología) - CORRECT ANSWER -The study of the forms of words, how they are
formed, & their relationship to other words in the same language. Analyzes the structure of words and
parts of words, such as stems, root words, prefixes, and suffixes & looks at parts of speech, intonation and
stress, and the ways context can change a word's pronunciation and meaning
morpheme (morfema) - CORRECT ANSWER -
free morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER -
bound morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER -
inflectional (affixes in morphology) - CORRECT ANSWER -
derivational (morpheme) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lexicon - CORRECT ANSWER -vocabulary of a language
, lexemes - CORRECT ANSWER -
Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER -a set of rules for constructing full sentences out of words phrases;
word order changes meaning
semantics - CORRECT ANSWER -the literal meaning of words, sentences and phrases
pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER -the study of the use of language; deals with intentions behind
utterances
productive rule of language - CORRECT ANSWER -
universal grammar - CORRECT ANSWER -a linguistic theory which argues that the ability to learn
language is innate, distinctly human and distinct from other aspects of human cognition; that languge is
hard wired into the brain
Noam Chomsky
descriptive grammar - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -the structure of lanuage as it should be used;
grammtically correct
deep structure (language) - CORRECT ANSWER -the information that exists in the mind of the
speaker as more or less an abstract representation
surface structure (language) - CORRECT ANSWER -expressing information linguistically by
producing sentences/utterances
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Phonology (fonología) - CORRECT ANSWER -The branch of linguistics that deals with sytems of
sounds.
phonemes (fonemas) - CORRECT ANSWER -The smallest unit of sound;may cause change in
meaning but does not have meaning on its own
"bake" v. "brake"
/r/
morphology (morfología) - CORRECT ANSWER -The study of the forms of words, how they are
formed, & their relationship to other words in the same language. Analyzes the structure of words and
parts of words, such as stems, root words, prefixes, and suffixes & looks at parts of speech, intonation and
stress, and the ways context can change a word's pronunciation and meaning
morpheme (morfema) - CORRECT ANSWER -
free morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER -
bound morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER -
inflectional (affixes in morphology) - CORRECT ANSWER -
derivational (morpheme) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lexicon - CORRECT ANSWER -vocabulary of a language
, lexemes - CORRECT ANSWER -
Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER -a set of rules for constructing full sentences out of words phrases;
word order changes meaning
semantics - CORRECT ANSWER -the literal meaning of words, sentences and phrases
pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER -the study of the use of language; deals with intentions behind
utterances
productive rule of language - CORRECT ANSWER -
universal grammar - CORRECT ANSWER -a linguistic theory which argues that the ability to learn
language is innate, distinctly human and distinct from other aspects of human cognition; that languge is
hard wired into the brain
Noam Chomsky
descriptive grammar - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -the structure of lanuage as it should be used;
grammtically correct
deep structure (language) - CORRECT ANSWER -the information that exists in the mind of the
speaker as more or less an abstract representation
surface structure (language) - CORRECT ANSWER -expressing information linguistically by
producing sentences/utterances
