A Level Glossary of Terms Vol.2

What is the primary focus of synchronic linguistics?

• The historical development of languages over time

• The analysis of a language at a specific point in time

• The comparison of different languages

• The study of language acquisition in children

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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

Which of the following best describes a "word sketch" in linguistics?

• A detailed etymology of a word

• A summary of a word's usage patterns and grammatical behavior

• A list of synonyms for a word

• A phonetic transcription of a word

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is a "lemma" in the context of linguistics?

• A root word and its inflected forms

• A synonym of a word

• A word's pronunciation guide

• A word's antonym

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CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Which of the following best defines "collocation"?

• A random pairing of words

• A habitual combination of words that frequently occur together

• A list of all possible meanings of a word

• A word's etymological origin

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What does the "Mutual Information Score" measure in linguistics?

• The frequency of a word in a text

• The strength of association between two words

• The grammatical correctness of a sentence

• The number of syllables in a word

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the primary function of a "concordancer" in linguistic studies?

• To translate texts from one language to another

• To provide a list of all occurrences of a word in a text

• To generate synonyms for a given word

• To analyze the phonetic structure of words

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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

In the context of linguistics, what is an "n-gram"?

• A single word in a text

• A sequence of 'n' items from a given text or speech

• A grammatical error in a sentence

• A type of phonetic transcription

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the purpose of an "n-gram graph" in text analysis?

• To display the frequency of individual letters in a text

• To visually represent the frequency and relationship of n-grams in a text

• To show the grammatical structure of sentences

• To compare the length of different texts

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

How does a "word sketch" assist in understanding a word's usage?

• By providing a list of all possible translations

• By summarizing its grammatical and collocational behavior

• By offering a detailed historical background

• By listing all its antonyms

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which of the following is an example of a collocation?

• "Fast car"

• "Blue sky"

• "Run quickly"

• "Strong tea"

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G