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
