LIN 001 MT 1

Which of the following is an inflectional affix in English?

-ed

Which of the following best reflects what linguists mean by linguistic performance?

A) How we actually speak

Which of the following is a minimal pair with respect to [s] and [z] in English?

A) lice / lies

In Korean, [s] and [ʃ] are in _________________; they are ____________________.

A. complementary distribution; allophones of the same phoneme

Which of the following is the most accurate and comprehensive statement about the data?

B) The morpheme meaning "make it" is realized by two allomorphs [-hi] and [-i].

Which of the following statements would a prescriptivist believe?

B) There is a certain way that people should talk

There's a phonological rule in Greek where stops become fricatives when they precede another stop. This is an example of...

B) dissimilation

The last sound of the word teeth is characterized as a...

B) voiceless interdental fricative

Which of the following is TRUE concerning the phones [k] and [kw] in Yurok?

C) There is a minimal pair showing that these sounds represent different phonemes.

The principle of arbitrariness tells us that:

C) There tends to be no reason why a word has a specific meaning.

Which of the following statements BESTdescribes the distribution of [s] and [ʃ] in Korean?

C. The underlying phoneme /s/ becomes [ʃ] before the high front vowel.

The difference between the vowels [i][ɛ][æ] and the vowels [a][ᴐ][ᴜ] is:

C. the first group is front, the second group is back

The pronunciation [ʃak] in American English represents:

E) shock

The plural of 'goose', which is 'geese', is formed by which morphological process?

a.alternation

Which of the following words would you be pronouncing correctly if you were to make the last sound of this wordby:(i)lowering yourvelum in such a way as to allow air to flow through the nasal cavity, and(ii)placing the back of your tongue on the velum

a.sang

Which of the following pairs of English words is a MINIMAL PAIR with respect to [t] and [d]?

a.wait and wade

What is happening with the morpheme(s) meaning 'make it' in Hanuunoo?

allomorphy

What is phonology?

b.The study of the rules organizing combinations and distributions of speech sounds. c.The study of the distinctive sounds of language (sounds that can carry a meaning difference).

Which of the following transcriptionshas at least one major IPA error?

b.cushion [kʊshәn]

The consonant sound in the middle of the wordbudgetis characterized as a...

b.voiced palato-alveolar affricate

Which of the following representsthe consonant-vowel (CV) structure of the sounds in 'psychiatric'? (Note: Diphthongs count as one sound)

c. CVCVVCCVC

A sound that is made by first bringing one articulator into complete contact with another and then quickly releasing it so that there is a narrow passage between the two articulators is a(n)...

c. affricate.

Which of the following classes of sounds includes[ʧ] and [ʤ]?

c. affricates

In French [tu] means 'all' and [ty] means 'you'. One can conclude from this that the phones [u] and [y] (a high front rounded vowel) in this language...

c. represent different phonemes.

Which of the following words forms a minimal pair with footin English?

c. soot

Which of the following has exactly four phones (as pronounced by speakers of Standard American English)?

c. wrist

In which of the following words is the first soundarticulated by at least:(i) raising the velum so air is forced through the mouth(ii) touching the back of the tongue to the velum(iii) vibrating the vocal cords

c.guy

The following vocal tract diagram represents which sound? (Note: Voicing is indicated by something that looks like a small string of beads)

d. [ŋ]

The word 'nonchalantly'consists of...

d. a derivational prefix, a bound root, and a derivational suffix

The following tree structure would work for which of the following words?

d. desulfurization

In which of the following words is the middle consonant soundarticulated by at least:(i)raising the velum so air is forced through the mouth(ii)bringing the tip of the tongue closeto the alveolar ridge (iii)relaxingthe vocal cords so there is no vibration

d.lacy

The design feature of displacement means that users of the code can...

e. all of the above.

In English, the underlying phonological form /ætәm/ is pronounced [æɾәm]. This is an example of which phonological process:

e. weakening

How is the Samoan (third-person) plural verb form derived from the (third-person) singular verb form?

e.reduplication of the second-to-last syllable

Which of the following pairs does NOT demonstrate root allomorphy?

loose, loosely

Which is an example of clipping?

math, from mathematics

Which of the following words has exactly 5 phones when pronounced? (Diphthongs count as onesound) (Hint: When in doubt, transcribe!)

shapely

Which of the following is anexample of a free function root?

the