Week 8 LING

Week 8 LING

University

75 Qs

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Week 8 LING

Week 8 LING

Assessment

Quiz

Biology

University

Hard

Created by

norbit garfunkel

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75 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best represents the hierarchical structure of language from largest to smallest units?

Sentences → Morphemes → Words → Phrases → Phonemes

Sentences → Words → Phrases → Morphemes → Phonemes

Sentences → Phrases → Words → Morphemes → Phonemes

Phonemes → Morphemes → Words → Sentences → Phrases

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements is true about native speakers and grammaticality?

Native speakers always follow the prescriptive grammar rules of their language.

Grammaticality judgments by native speakers are based on formal education.

Native speakers make uniform judgments about what is grammatically acceptable in their language.

Mental grammar varies so much that grammaticality judgments are completely subjective.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a more accurate way to describe the structure of language?

Sounds form phonemes, which form morphemes, which form sentences

Phonemes combine to form morphemes; morphemes form words; words form phrases; phrases form sentences

Words directly form sentences without any intermediate structure

Morphemes form phonemes, which then form words and sentences

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do grammaticality judgments primarily reflect?

The spelling conventions of a language

The prescriptive rules taught in school

The mental grammar of native speakers

The formality level of a sentence

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Noam Chomsky, which of the following is not one of the main goals of linguistics?

Understanding what we know when we know a language

Describing how language knowledge is acquired

Analyzing the social status of different dialects

Exploring the structure of the mental grammar

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which question reflects one of the fundamental goals of linguistics as proposed by Chomsky?

How can we make grammar rules easier to learn in school?

How does slang affect the evolution of a language?

How is knowledge of language acquired by the human mind?

What is the best way to write a dictionary?

7.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following frames would help identify a word as a noun? A. She will (a)   quickly. B. The (b)   is tired. C. They (c)   the car. D. I saw it (d)   the tree.

verb

noun

adjective

adverb

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