Ling Final Exam Questions

Choose the two examples of blending. superman telethon velcro handbook fax smoke

telethon velcro

Ignoring the issues of health and/or morality of offering classes such as "Better Japanese with Sake [rice wine]" or "Russian with Vodka", the idea here is to overcome what barriers to second language learning? Speech impediments Language Aphasia Affective factors Cultural constructs

Affective factors

Which aphasia does the following utterance most likely represent: "Well...sunset... uh... horses nine, no, uh, two, talis want swish." (Fromkin and Rodman, 491)

Broca's aphasia

Which aphasia does the following utterance most likely represent: "Well...sunset... uh... horses nine, no, uh, two, talis want swish." (Fromkin and Rodman, 491) Wernicke's aphasia Broca's aphasia

Broca's aphasia

Which of the following is the correct human language acquisition schedule order? Glossolalia, motherese, holophrastic speech. Cooing, babbling, holophrastic, telegraphic. Cooing, lateralization, generalization, telescoping. Babbling, two-word, holophrastic speech.

Cooing, babbling, holophrastic, telegraphic.

Which of these pairs has a morpheme in common? walked/went bus/men careless/undress cat/sheep food/hunger teacher/parents

walked/went

Choose the two sets that contain a pair of co-hyponyms and a superordinate. (a) animal/dog/terrior (b) banyan/pine/rose (c) bird/duck/parrot (d) daffodil/turnip/vegetable (e) flower/plant/tree

(c) bird/duck/parrot (e) flower/plant/tree

How many prepositions are there in: The young girl didn't know where she was, so she asked a man with a small child if he knew the way to the station.? 6 3 4 2 1 5

2

How many adverbs are there in: We had a very hard day yesterday, so we really couldn't get up early this morning.? 3 1 4 5 2 6

4

How many adverbs are there in: We had a very hard day yesterday, so we really couldn't get up early this morning.? 6 3 2 4 1 5

4

At what age (in months) can infants hear the difference between [ba] and [ga]? 3 6 2 5 7 4

5

How many inflectional morphemes are there in modern English? 10 6 8 6

8

Another term for "colloquial speech" is __________________________. slang vernacular jargon

slang

Choose the two utterances that contain pragmatic markers. He's from Eire, you know, the independent part of Ireland Some of you didn't study, you know who you are I believe you know where the money is hidden I don't know where I could have left my keys Do you know the way to San Jose? Do you know those people, I mean do you know their names?

Do you know those people, I mean do you know their names? He's from Eire, you know, the independent part of Ireland

Chhose the phrase that would best characterize scripts. Eating in a cafeteria. Making your contribution informative. Knowing what is in a classroom. Describing a supermarket.

Eating in a cafeteria.

Deaf children of deaf parents that sign cannot babble.

False

The choice between pronouns used for addressees who are socially close versus distant, is called "T/V Distinction", from the French 'tu' and 'vous' pronouns. This feature can only be found in Romance Languages, e.g. Latin, French, Spanish, etc.

False

If you are studying German at NMSU, are you learning German as a foreign language or learning German as a second language? Learning German as a foreign language. Learning German as a second language.

Learning German as a foreign language.

Semantic properties: In the following sets (a) widow, mother, sister, aunt, maid (b) widower, father, brother, uncle, valet The (a) and (b) words are "human." The (a) words are "female" and the (b) words are

Male

Which of these expressions can be used to rewrite PN? Mary a dog the woman with her brought she

Mary

To say, "You must not end a sentence with a preposition." is an example of which of the following? Prescriptive grammar Constituent analysis Descriptive grammar Structural analysis

Prescriptive grammar

Choose the two sentences with the most cohesive ties. Reggae music came from Jamaica. You can hear it all over the island. There are beautiful beaches in Jamaica. The ocean is really blue. Jamaican people are very friendly. They like to dance and have fun. People love to go to Jamaica. It always has warm weather in winter. Jamaica is in the Caribbean. It is near Cuba. My friend visited Jamaica. She went there on a cruise ship.

Reggae music came from Jamaica. You can hear it all over the island. My friend visited Jamaica. She went there on a cruise ship.

What is the basic word order of Japanese? VSO OSV SOV VOS SVO OVS

SOV

Write this word using normal English orthography (spelling): /ðə/

The

Many international students arrive in a new country ready to start university studies having succesfully completed the country's official language proficiency exams, only to find that they cannot carry on a basic conversation with their classmates. This probably occurs because the student's method of learning the second language was.... The grammar-translation method The audio-lingual method One or another communicative approach

The grammar-translation method

Noam Chomsky's famous sentence "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" (Syntactic Structures, 1957) is an example of a sentence that makes grammatical sense but is syntactically meaningless. True False

True

Semantics is the study of Linguistic meaning. True False

True

Style switching refers to changing one's level of formality in speech, while code switching refers to changing languages in order to be understood.

True

Choose the one indirect speech act used to make a request. I'm going to close the door. Close that door. Would you mind closing the door? Please leave the door closed.

Would you mind closing the door?

What semantic feature must a noun have in order to be used in this sentence? The ______________ is writing a novel. [-human] [+human] [+man]

[+human]

Which symbol corresponds to the following phonetic description? velar nasal [ɳ] "sing" [ŋ] "sing" [m] "mice

[ŋ] "sing"

What is V → {followed, helped, saw}? a lexical rule a lexical ambiguity a phrase structure a deep structure a structural ambiguity a surface structure

a lexical rule

Choose the two phrases that could NOT be generated by: NP → Art (Adj) N an old building ancient castles a room with a view a museum

ancient castles a room with a view

What is the technical term for short quick movements of the hand? deictics pointing iconics beats emblems alternate signs

beats

Choose the two words that belong to a closed class. because follow yellow break sad that

because that

If someone asks you, "Excuse me, do you have any Kleenex?" they are asking you for a tissue - any tissue - and not just the specific brand "Kleenex". (The same is true for Xerox, Hoover, Popsicle, and Q-tip.) This is an example of ___________________________.

broadening

Choose the statement that contains a hedge. a) Suzy left the office to get something to eat. b) The fact that he's old isn't relevant at all. c) The front part was sort of yellow with blue spots. d) How about going for some coffee?

c) The front part was sort of yellow with blue spots.

What is the most important aspect of L2 input? strategic communicative grammatical sociolinguistic comprehensible error-free

comprehensible

Which process is illustrated by the underlined word in The cost of the project has snowballed? loan translation coinage conversion backformation calque clipping

conversion

Which one of the following sentences contains a pragmatic marker? a) I think you know where the loot is hidden. b) Some of you didn't study, you know who you are. c) I don't know where I could have left my keys. d) Do you know those people, I mean do you know their names?

d) Do you know those people, I mean do you know their names?

What kind of morpheme is the affix in suddenly? inflectional lexical free functional derivational stem

derivational

Which two features are NOT typical of caregiver speech? simplified words frequent questions exaggerated repetition repeated syllables longer pauses extra loudness

exaggerated repetition extra loudness

What is the role of you in "Did you hear those weird noises last night?"? agent source goal location experiencer theme

experiencer

Which of these examples illustrates overgeneralization? she name is Lola. the part inferior the rabbit of Easter the things horses wear four mens little lines each side

four mens

Which of the following is the best "prototype" for fish ? eel whale sturgeon gold fish

gold fish

Which of the following utterances illustrates inversion? why you smiling? how is that open? you want eat? owl eat a candy where it goed? what book name?

how is that open?

What is the term for an additional meaning conveyed by an utterance? tautology adjacency pair insertion sequence maxim implicature schema

implicature

Which derivational element did the writer Roald Dahl use when he created the word scrumdidlyumptious (= "very delicious")? eponym suffix infix affix prefix analogy

infix

Choose two things a speaker usually knows about an expression in the tip of the tongue phenomenon. number of letters initial sound similar meaning phonological outline number of syllables part of speech Question 7

initial sound phonological outline

Which of these words represents a noun phrase? snake escaped woman it the kept

it

Where is control of the articulatory muscles located? right hemisphere arcuate fasciculus corpus callosum Wernicke's area Broca's area motor cortex

moto cortex

What term describes the need to be independent and free from imposition? face saving public self-image positive face face threatening negative face showing solidarity

negative face

Historically, how many deaf children had deaf parents? one in twenty one in four one in twelve one in six one in ten one in eight

one in ten

Which two of these affective factors are beneficial for L2 learning? positive self-image low anxiety inhibitions a sense of humor self-consciousness lack of empathy

positive self-image low anxiety

Which two of these descriptions characterize the audiolingual method? practicing oral drill memorization is encouraged language function is emphasized language is a set of habits learning vocabulary lists specific purpose learning

practicing oral drill language is a set of habits

Choose the two combinations that are NOT prepositional phrases. preposition + adjective preposition + noun phrase preposition + article + noun preposition + pronoun preposition + verb

preposition + adjective preposition + verb

What is the lexical relation between the words lengthen and shorten? homophones complementary pairs reversives synonyms co-hyponyms gradable antonyms

reversives

Which two of these patterns of development are typical for color terms? yellow then orange green then blue purple then green gray then white pink then red brown then black

yellow then orange green then blue

Which of these phrases appears later than the others? we can't do that that not going I don't want it you didn't caught it no sleeping here nobody don't like me

you didn't caught it