_involves a different analysis of the structure of the word by attaching a consonant at

the end of a word or a vowel at the beginning of the next word ?

0

A. Portmanteau
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Clipping
D. Met analysis

______________________is a processes of word formation wherein new words are

coined by combining the segments of two different existing words?
0

A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation.

The /d/ in ‘middle’ is an instance of __________________?

0

A. Lateral plosion
B. Alveolar plosion
C. Nasal plosion
D. Incomplete plosion.

The /p/ in ‘top__most’ is a ______________?

0

A. Bilabial plosion
B. Alveolar plosion
C. Nasal plosion
D. Incomplete plosion.

Which among the following pairs are Velar plosives ?

0

A. /p/ & /b/

B. /m/ & /v/
C. /t/ &/d/
D. /k/ & /g/

Which among the following are bilabial plosive sounds in English?

0

A. /p/ & /b/

B. /m/ & /v/
C. /t/ &/d/
D. /k/ & /g/
The classification of vowels into half__close vowels and half__open vowels is based on
________________?
0

A. The position of the lips

B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the abovE.

The classification of vowels into close vowels and open vowels is based on
________________?
0

A. The position of the lips

B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the above.

The classification of vowels into high vowels and low vowels is based on ____________?
0

A. The position of the lips

B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the abovE.

The classification of vowels into front vowels and back vowels is based on
________________ ?
0

A. The position of the lips

B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the abovE.

On the basis of the criterion of the state of the tension of the tongue, vowels can be
classified into______________?
0

A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels

B. Front vowels & back vowels
C. High vowels & low vowels
D. Tense vowels &lax vowels

According to the part of the tongue that is raised, vowels can be classified
into__________?
0

A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels

B. Front vowels & back vowels
C. High vowels & low vowels
D. Tense vowels &lax vowels

Which among the following dimensions can the vowels in English be classified ?
0

A. The position of the lips

B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the abovE.

The phonemes which do not occur in the same linguistic environment and which when
occur so, do not bring about a change in meaning are said to be in __________?
0

A. Complementary distribution
B. Contrastive distribution
C. Non__complementary distribution
D. None of the abovE.

The pronunciation of English practised by the educated people at the public schools
came to be called____________?
0

A. Standard English
B. Received Pronunciation
C. Standard pronunciation
D. Recognized pronunciation

The IPA came into existence in the year__________?

0

A. 1889
B. 1998
C. 1989
D. 1888

Words with more than three syllables are called __________words?

0

A. Multisyllabic
B. Disyllabic
C. Try syllabic
D. Polysyllabic

The word ‘examination’ is a ____________word?

2

A. Monosyllabic
B. Disyllabic
C. Try syllabic
D. Polysyllabic

The /k/ in ‘kill’ and ‘skill’ are ________________?

0

A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Morpheme variants
D. Minimal pairs

The clear /l/ and the dark /l/ may be considered to be the ______________________of
the same phoneme /l/?
0

A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Morpheme variants
D. Minimal pairs

minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language is called__________?

0

A. Syllable
B. Phoneme
C. Morpheme
D. Allomorph

/m/ is a ______________consonant?
0

A. Bilabial
B. Bilabial__nasal
C. Velar
D. Glottal

How many types of phonetic transcriptions are generally followed ?

0

A. Only one
B. Two
C. Innumerable
D. None of the above

The term________________refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even

words in continuous speech?
0

A. Alliteration
B. Assonance
C. Elision
D. None of the above

____________refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech?

0

A. Stress
B. Pitch
C. Intonation
D. JuncturE.

How many stressed are generally marked_____________?

0

A. Only one
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

______________is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttereD ?

0

A. Stress
B. Pitch
C. Intonation
D. Juncture

________________are also called secondary phonemes?

0

A. Suprasegmentals
B. Morphemes
C. Allomorphs
D. Allophones

The final /n/ in the words ‘sudden’ and ‘mutton’ are __________________?
0

A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the above

Syllables in which the consonant functions as nucleus are called________?

0

A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the abo
e word ‘bank’ in ‘on the banks on the river’ and ‘banks are financial institutions’ is
called a____________?
0

A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms

______________________is used to designate words pronounced differently though

identically?
0

A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms

The term ______________is used to designate words which are spelt differently but
pronounced alike and which are different in meaning ?
0

A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms

The consonants /j/ and /w/ are called__________?

0

A. Semi__vowels
B. Laterals
C. Sibilants
D. Trills.

How many nasal sounds are there in the English Language ?

0

A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five

The ‘r’ in red is articulated as a______________?

0

A. Trill
B. Lateral
C. Frictionless continuant
D. Semi__vowel
The consonant /s/ is called ________ ?
0

A. Sibilant
B. Lateral
C. Nasal
D. Semi__vowel

/f/ and /v/ are called ?

0

A. Plosives
B. Affricates
C. fricatives
D. Trill

The initial sound in ‘chair’ and ‘jam’ are examples for__________?

0

A. Plosives
B. Affricates
C. fricatives
D. Trill

Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used to indicate that the speaker
implies things which are not explicitly expressed____________?
0

A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above

of the following patterns of intonation is used in polite requests________________?

0

A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above

Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in listing the items ?

0

A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above

Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in commands_____________?

0

A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above

Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as

ordinary statements ?
0

A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above

The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of

__________assimilation?
0

A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. Reciprocal
D. None of the above

The two sounds influencing each other and combine to produce a third sound is an
instance of ________________assimilation?
0

A. Progressive
B. regressive
C. reciprocal
D. Regressive
E. None of the above

In the pronunciation of the word ‘ink’ the alveolar /n/ becoming a velar sound is an
instance of ____________?
0

A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. Reciprocal
D. None of the above

The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and
juncture are called ______________?
0

A. Supra__segmental phonemes
B. Secondary phonemes
C. Prosodic features
D. All the above.

The initial sounds in the words ‘ship’, ‘church’ and ‘judge; are examples
for__________?
0

A. Palato__alveolar
B. Palatal
C. Velar
D. Bilabial

/f/and /v/ are______________?

0

A. Dental
B. Labio__dental
C. Bilabial
D. Alveolar

are sounds articulated in the glottis ?

0

A. Glottal
B. Velar
C. Palatal
D. None of the above

__________are produced involving the tip of the tongue and the back part of the teeth
ridgE ?
0

A. Post__alveolar
B. Palate__alveolar
C. Palatal
D. Velar

__________are articulated by raising the front of the tongue towards the hard palate ?
0

A. Post__alveolar
B. Palate__alveolar
C. Palatal
D. Velar

Sounds articulated by the tip of the tongue placed against the upper teeth are
called___________________?
0
A. Dental
B. Labio__dental
C. Bilabial
D. Alveolar

Sounds articulated by two lips are called ____________?

0

A. Dental
B. Bilabial
C. Labio__dental
D. Alveolar

________ is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme
?
0

A. Syllable
B. Stress
C. Intonation
D. Pitch.

______________are words which differ only in one phoneme ?

0

A. Diphthongs
B. Triphthongs
C. Semi__vowels
D. Minimal pairs

____________is a monosyllabic vowel combination of a diphthong and a the weak

vowel?
0

A. Triaphthong
B. Triaphone
C. Triphthong
D. Triology

The study of meaning is called________?

0

A. Phonology
B. Morphology
C. Syntax
D. Semantics

______________is the scientific study of language ?

0
A. Philology
B. Phonology
C. Phonetics
D. linguistics

The /t/ in little is an instance of __________________?

0

A. Lateral plosion
B. Alveolar plosion
C. Nasal plosion
D. Incomplete plosion.

The /k/ sound in ‘act’and ‘picture’ is a____________?

0

A. Bilabial plosion
B. Alveolar plosion
C. Nasal plosion
D. Incomplete plosion.

Which among the following pairs are Alveolar plosives ?

0

A. /p/ & /b/

B. /m/ & /v/
C. /t/ &/d/
D. /k/ & /g

e –s in ‘boys’ is ______________?
0

A. An adjective forming morpheme

B. Plural morpheme
C. Possessive morpheme
D. Past morpheme

The final sounds /t/, /d/, and /id/ in the words packed, bagged and patted are instances
of__________?
0

A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Minimal pairs
D. None of the above

Morpheme alternants are called________?

0
A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Minimal pairs
D. None of the above

The ‘ing’ in sleeping is an example of ____________?

0

A. A free morpheme
B. Free variation
C. Bound morpheme
D. None of these

How many classes of morphemes can be identified in a language ?

0

A. Only one
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

______________is concerned with the selection and organization of speech sounds in a

language?
0

A. Phonology
B. Morphology
C. Semantics
D. Syntax

________________refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining to

sentences?
0

A. Intonation
B. Stress
C. Pitch
D. JuncturE

__________________is the accent on certain words within the a sentence?

0

A. Semantics
B. Syntax
C. Sentence__stress
D. None of the above

Stress is used for the sake of ______________?

0
A. Emphasis
B. Loudness
C. Double meaning
D. None of the above

____________________are also called prosodic features?

0

A. Suprasegmentals
B. Morphemes
C. Allomorphs
D. Allophones

e final /m/ in the word ‘Prism’ is an instance of ____________?

0

A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the above

The older term used to designate the study of languages is____________?

0

A. Philology
B. Haplology
C. Phonology
D. Semiology

Which among the following is not an aim of linguistics_______________?

0

A. To study the nature of language

B. To establish a theory of language
C. To propound stories of the origin of language
D. To describe a language and all languages

Which among the following does not constitute the scientific nature of
linguistics_____________?
0

A. Systematic gathering and analysis of data

B. Determination of causal relationship between facts
C. Chronological presentation of data
D. Verification, validation and generalization.

__________________________is the study of how the mentally represented grammar of

language is employed in the production and comprehension of speech?
0
A. Socio__linguistics
B. Psycho__linguistics
C. Neuron__linguistics
D. Physio –linguistics

A person who can use more than two languages_______________?

0

A. Multilingual
B. Poly__lingual
C. Bilingual
D. Poly__langual

______________refers to the linguistic norm specific to a geographical area, social class

or status affecting mutual intelligibility ?
0

A. Dialect
B. Idiolect
C. Register
D. Slang

A person who has the ability to use only one language is called__________?
0

A. Monologue
B. Monolingual
C. Monologal
D. None of the above

A collection of similar Idiolect make up ______________?

1

A. Dialect
B. Idiolects
C. Register
D. Slang

Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and
organization of the elements of language ?
0

A. Language
B. Parole
C. Competence
D. Both langue and Competenc

Which among the following is not a characteristic feature of language ?

0
A. Language is systematic
B. Language is arbitrary
C. Language is dynamic
D. Language is instinctive.

Who defined language as “a set or (finite or infinite) sentences, each finite in length and
constructed out of a finite set of elements” ?
0

A. Noam Chomsky
B. Ferdinand de Saussure
C. Edward Sapir
D. None of the above

The final /l/ in the words ‘bottle’, ‘cattle’ and ‘little’ are examples of _____________ ?
0

A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the above

The present__tense form of the verb ‘read’ and its past__tense which is pronounced as
‘red’ is an example of _____________?
0

A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms

The words denoting the colour ‘red’ and the past__tense of the verb ‘read’ ; ‘right’ and’
‘write’; and ‘site’ and sight’ are examples for________________?
0

A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms

Certain morphemes have more than one meaning and can be understood in more than
one way. They are called ______________?
0

A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
The different concrete phonetic variation of the same phoneme are
called______________?
0

A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms

Semi__vowels are also known as ________________?

0

A. Approximants
B. Laterals
C. Sibilants
D. Trill

ow many nasal sounds are there in the Malayalam language ?

0

A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five

The consonant /l/ is called ____________?

0

A. Sibilant
B. Lateral
C. Nasal
D. Semi__vowel

/s/, /z/ are called ____________?

0

A. Plosives
B. Affricates
C. Fricatives
D. Trill

/p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/ are examples for ______________?
0

A. Plosives
B. Affricates
C. fricatives
D. Trill
Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used in W.H. questions asked in a
warm and friendly way indicating extra politeness ?
0

A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above

Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as

questions ?
0

A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above

Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in tag questions which imply that
the speaker is certain about what is said_____________?
0

A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above

Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in W.Hquestions ?

0

A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above

The American pronunciation of the word ‘issue’ is an instance of

________________type of assimilation?
0

A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. Reciprocal
D. None of the above

The voiced sound /z/ denoting the plural morpheme in the word ‘dogs’ is an instance of
________________assimilation?
0

A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. reciprocal
D. none of the abov

Assimilation is mainly of ____________ types?

0

A. Four
B. Two
C. Three
D. Only one

/h/ in the word ‘he’ is a __________ sound?

0

A. Velar
B. Glottal
C. Palatal
D. Alveolar

The initial consonant in ‘Young’ is a __________ sound?

0

A. Palatal
B. Velar
C. Dental
D. Glottal

/t/. /d/, /n/, /l/, /s/ are __________________?

0

A. Alveolar
B. Post__alvoelar
C. Palatal
D. Dental;

/p/, /b/, /m/ and /w/ are____________?

0

A. Bilabial
B. Dental;
C. Velar
D. Glottal

________are articulated by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate?
0

A. Post__alveolar
B. Palate__alveolar
C. Palatal
D. Velar
____________articulated by the tip and the blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge
with raising of the front of the tongue towards the palate ?
0

A. Post__alveolar
B. Palate__alveolar
C. Palatal
D. Velar