General Linguistics

1.      Which pair represents a minimal pair in English pronunciation?

• Beat - Bit 

• Sign - Sink  

• Black - Block 

• Fail - Fall

   Which one of these words has [eə] sound?

•       Bear

•      Bag

• Care

•      Break

   Which is a short vowel?

•   /æ/

•      /i:/

•       /ɜ:/

•       /u:/

   Which of the following pairs represents a minimal pair?

•      Coat - Goat

• Pet - Bet

•        Mouse - Mouth

• Road – Load

  Which vowel is produced with the tongue positioned mid-high in the mouth?

• /ɑ/

• /ɪ/

• /ʊ/

• /ɔ/

What is a morpheme?

•       The smallest unit of a particular language

•     The minimal pair of a chosen phrase

•      The smallest meaningful unit of a word

•    The minimal item of a linguistic unit

   

Based on their function, morphemes can be classified as

•       Derivational and inflectional

•       Bases and affixes

•     Free and Bound

• a.       Root and Stem

Which of the following is an example of an inflectional morpheme in English?

•     Tall --> taller

•      Create --> creator

•      Write --> writer

•      Generate --> generator

    Which is a free morpheme?

• Re

•   Ous

•       S

•     Joy

  Which of the following is an example of a bound morpheme?

• Dog

• Un-

• Happy

• Jumped