Language and Cognition Practice

In English, it is appropriate to refer to “a pretty bird,” but not to “a bird pretty.”  This best illustrates the importance of:

• syntax.
• semantics.
• morphemes.
• phonemes.

The various vowel sounds that can be placed between a, t, and n produce words such as tan, ten, tin, and ton. These various vowel sounds represent different

• prototypes.

• semantics.

• morphemes.

• phonemes.

In the words “helped” and “called,” the “ed” ending is a(n)

• prototype.
• morpheme.
  
• syntax.
  
• algorithm.
  

A European visitor to the United States asked a taxi driver, “Can you please a ride to the airport me give?” This visitor has apparently not yet mastered the ________ of the English language.

• phonemes
• semantics
• syntax
• nomenclature

The sound represented by the letter K in the word ski or the letter c in the word cat.

• syntax

• semantics

• phonemes

• pragmatics

The word helper is made up of help and er. The er means "one who"- in this case, one who helps.

• Semantics

• Phonemes

• Pragmatics

• Morphemes

The ice cream cone purchased the mother. This sentence violates _________ rules.

• pragmatic

• syntax

• semantic

• phonology

The smallest distinctive sound units in a language. BAT has three- b, a, and t. That has three- th, a, and t.

• Phoneme

• Moroheme

• Grammar

• Language

The smallest language units that carry meaning. Readers contains three. Read, er, and s- meaning more that one who reads.

• language

• grammer

• morphemes

• phonemes

How many morphemes are in the word cuts?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4