Top 150+ Solved Language and Linguistics MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The initial sounds in the words ‘ship’, ‘church’ and ‘judge; areexamples for----
a. palato-alveolar
b. palatal
c. velar
d. bilabial
Q. The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitchintonation and juncture are called-------
a. supra-segmental phonemes
b. secondary phonemes
c. prosodic features
d. all the above.
Q. The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of ----assimilation
a. progressive
b. regressive
c. reciprocal
d. none of the above
Q. The following sound influencing the preceding one is an instance of -----assimilation
a. progressive
b. regressive
c. reciprocal
d. none of the above
Q. The two sounds influencing each other and combine to produce athird sound is an instance of --------assimilation
a. progressive
b. regressive
c. reciprocal
d. regressive
Q. The voiced sound /z/ denoting the plural morpheme in the word‘dogs’ is an instance of ---------assimilation
a. progressive
b. regressive
c. reciprocal
d. none of the above.
Q. In the pronunciation of the word ‘ink’ the alveolar /n/ becoming avelar sound is an instance of ------
a. progressive
b. regressive
c. reciprocal
d. none of the above
Q. The American pronunciation of the word ‘issue’ is an instance of --------type of assimilation
a. progressive
b. regressive
c. reciprocal
d. none of the above
Q. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarativesentences uttered as ordinary statements
a. the falling
b. the rising
c. the fall-rise
d. none of the above