LING*1000 Quiz Questions (All Weeks)
Descriptive Grammar - correct answer ✔(1) a linguist's description of mental
grammar, (2) an explicit statement of what speakers know about their
language, (3) the unit, structures, and rules of a mental grammar.
Mental Grammar - correct answer ✔does not teach the rules of the
language.
Prescriptive Grammar - correct answer ✔(1) Greek Alexandrians in the first
century, (2) the Arabic scholars in the eighth century, (3) the English
grammarians in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
A teaching Grammar is - correct answer ✔(1) a set of language rules to
assist in learning a second language, (2) a set of language rules to assist in
learning a different dialect of a speaker's language.
Reference, sometimes also called scholarly grammar - correct answer ✔is a
thorough description of a language that helps to establish grammatical facts.
Consider the following utterance: My dog my cat likes to chase. This utterance
is: - correct answer ✔unacceptable because the word order is incorrect.
The longest sentence in language: - correct answer ✔does not exist
Universal Grammar applies to all: - correct answer ✔languages
Phonology is the: - correct answer ✔study of speech sounds and rules for
their combination and pronunciation.
,Morphology is the study of the structure of: - correct answer ✔words
Syntax is the study of the: - correct answer ✔rules of sentence formation.
Semantics is the study of the: - correct answer ✔linguistic meaning of
morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences.
Linguistic competence is ___________ , linguistic performance is
____________. - correct answer ✔unconscious knowledge / behaviour
Language Faculty is the _______________ designed for language acquisition
and use. - correct answer ✔biological makeup
The notion that humans are born with the ability to acquire language is best
supported by: - correct answer ✔sign language
form and meaning in a word are: - correct answer ✔arbitrarily associated
Using your knowledge of the English language, videoitis would likely be: -
correct answer ✔the name of a new disease that afflicts only people who
play video games.
Which one of the following statements is NOT supported by linguists: - correct
answer ✔some languages are less developed than others.
A linguist attempts to prove that language has evolutionarily developed with
the early writings of Sumerians from 4000 BCE. This linguists attempt will be:
- correct answer ✔unsuccessful
, The monogenetic theory of language origin: - correct answer ✔is untestable
A free unit of sound that has a basic meaning is a: - correct answer ✔word
A speaker's mental dictionary, their knowledge of words, is called: - correct
answer ✔lexicon
Different words that sound the same but have different meaning are called: -
correct answer ✔homophones
Words with the same, or nearly the same meaning are called: - correct
answer ✔synonyms
"The words bear and bare are synonyms." This statement is: - correct answer
✔pail/ bucket
What is another term for the spelling of a word? - correct answer
✔orthography
The classification of words into nouns, pronouns etc. is referred to as the: -
correct answer ✔grammatical category
Which resource was initially developed to describe complex words, and then
extended to include common words in its description as well? - correct
answer ✔dictionaries
content words refer to: - correct answer ✔(1) objects, (2) actions, (3) ideas
Descriptive Grammar - correct answer ✔(1) a linguist's description of mental
grammar, (2) an explicit statement of what speakers know about their
language, (3) the unit, structures, and rules of a mental grammar.
Mental Grammar - correct answer ✔does not teach the rules of the
language.
Prescriptive Grammar - correct answer ✔(1) Greek Alexandrians in the first
century, (2) the Arabic scholars in the eighth century, (3) the English
grammarians in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
A teaching Grammar is - correct answer ✔(1) a set of language rules to
assist in learning a second language, (2) a set of language rules to assist in
learning a different dialect of a speaker's language.
Reference, sometimes also called scholarly grammar - correct answer ✔is a
thorough description of a language that helps to establish grammatical facts.
Consider the following utterance: My dog my cat likes to chase. This utterance
is: - correct answer ✔unacceptable because the word order is incorrect.
The longest sentence in language: - correct answer ✔does not exist
Universal Grammar applies to all: - correct answer ✔languages
Phonology is the: - correct answer ✔study of speech sounds and rules for
their combination and pronunciation.
,Morphology is the study of the structure of: - correct answer ✔words
Syntax is the study of the: - correct answer ✔rules of sentence formation.
Semantics is the study of the: - correct answer ✔linguistic meaning of
morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences.
Linguistic competence is ___________ , linguistic performance is
____________. - correct answer ✔unconscious knowledge / behaviour
Language Faculty is the _______________ designed for language acquisition
and use. - correct answer ✔biological makeup
The notion that humans are born with the ability to acquire language is best
supported by: - correct answer ✔sign language
form and meaning in a word are: - correct answer ✔arbitrarily associated
Using your knowledge of the English language, videoitis would likely be: -
correct answer ✔the name of a new disease that afflicts only people who
play video games.
Which one of the following statements is NOT supported by linguists: - correct
answer ✔some languages are less developed than others.
A linguist attempts to prove that language has evolutionarily developed with
the early writings of Sumerians from 4000 BCE. This linguists attempt will be:
- correct answer ✔unsuccessful
, The monogenetic theory of language origin: - correct answer ✔is untestable
A free unit of sound that has a basic meaning is a: - correct answer ✔word
A speaker's mental dictionary, their knowledge of words, is called: - correct
answer ✔lexicon
Different words that sound the same but have different meaning are called: -
correct answer ✔homophones
Words with the same, or nearly the same meaning are called: - correct
answer ✔synonyms
"The words bear and bare are synonyms." This statement is: - correct answer
✔pail/ bucket
What is another term for the spelling of a word? - correct answer
✔orthography
The classification of words into nouns, pronouns etc. is referred to as the: -
correct answer ✔grammatical category
Which resource was initially developed to describe complex words, and then
extended to include common words in its description as well? - correct
answer ✔dictionaries
content words refer to: - correct answer ✔(1) objects, (2) actions, (3) ideas
