Top 150+ Solved Language and Linguistics MCQ Questions Answer
Q. --------are also called secondary phonemes
a. suprasegmentals
b. morphemes
c. allomorphs
d. allophones
Q. ----------are also called prosodic features.
a. suprasegmentals
b. morphemes
c. allomorphs
d. allophones
Q. -------is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttered.
a. stress
b. pitch
c. intonation
d. juncture
Q. Stress is used for the sake of -------
a. emphasis
b. loudness
c. double meaning
d. none of the above
Q. ---------is the accent on certain words within the a sentence
a. semantics
b. syntax
c. sentence-stress
d. none of the above
Q. ------refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech.
a. stress
b. pitch
c. intonation
d. juncture.
Q. --------refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining tosentences.
a. intonation
b. stress
c. pitch
d. juncture.
Q. The term--------refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or evenwords in continuous speech
a. alliteration
b. assonance
c. elision
d. none of the above
Q. IPA stands for-----
a. inter national phonetic alphabet
b. international phonetic association
c. both ‘a’ & ‘b’
d. neither ‘a’ nor ‘b’
Q. How many types of phonetic transcriptions are generally followed?
a. only one
b. two
c. innumerable
d. none of the above
Q. -------is concerned with the selection and organization of speechsounds in a language
a. phonology
b. morphology
c. semantics
d. syntax
Q. How many classes of morphemes can be identified in a language
a. only one
b. two
c. three
d. four
Q. A minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language iscalled-----
a. syllable
b. phoneme
c. morpheme
d. allomorph