Linguistics

Which of the following would most likely explain why a student is having problems being understood when she says the words think, wreath, the, and ruthless

• She is not distinguishing between the voiced and unvoiced /th/ sounds

• she has problems making /r/ sounds

• she is not putting stress on the correct syllables

• she needs more instruction in semantics

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CCSS.L.3.2F

In which of the following would a speaker most likely have rising intonation?

• Please bring some bread.

• I am afraid.

• Frankie and Johnny are waiting outside.

• Do you want to watch a movie?

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The capitalized part of the word reBUILDing is

• a bound morpheme

• an affix

• a dipthong

• a stem or root

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which of the following statements is/are true?

• A. A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language

• B. All words are morphemes, but not all morphemes are words.

• C. An affix is a free morpheme

• D. Both A and B are true statements

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Syntax is concerned with which of the following?

• how words are combined to convey meaning

• how words are formed into phrases or sentences

• stages of 2ndL acquisition

• ensuring transfer of language skills from L1 and L2

Semantics could be applied to which aspect of everyday English?

• the use of quotation markes in quoted speech

• the pronunciation of vowels

• the use of idioms

• the use of commas with conjunctions

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following statements, said while eating Cajun food for the first time at a friend's house, would suggest that an ESOL student has a good grasp of connotative understanding?

• This feed is delicious.

• This slop is delicious.

• This cuisine is delicious.

• This stuff that people and animals eat is delicious.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A Spanish speaker who says, "I have fifteen years," when asked how old he is, is likely making a mistake because of

• morphemes

• pronunciation

• metathesis

• interference

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Pragmatics is concerned with

• the way the voice rises and falls in speech

• how humans produce sounds

• meaning in context

• how words are constructed into phrases or sentences

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

While her class is working on a science project, the teacher overhears a native English speaker and a Spanish-speaking ESOL student communicate using an impromptu simple language that seems to have both English and Spanish words. What would their "language" be called?

• pidgin

• social dialect

• regional dialct

• Universal Grammar

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4