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Linguistics 101

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Linguistics 101 game quiz
"This is just some more information that you can pick up in a basic Linguistics course."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Which of the following is NOT part of grammar?
    Word meanings
    Sentence structure
    Sound patterns
    Intonation


2. Which of the following is NOT needed for something to be called a language?
    Autonomy - speakers view it as a language
    Over 10,000 people use it
    Norms for proper usage
    Standardization - are there dictionaries?


3. Which of the following is not a dialect of English?
    American
    Southern
    Buffalo
    Slang


4. A language is made up of various dialect(s).
    True
    False


5. What is the dominant accent in the United States?
    Midwest
    Canadian
    Southern
    General American


6. Which of the following is not part of a grammar (in a linguistic sense) of a language?
    Phonology
    Semantics
    Morphology
    The number of people who use it


7. This deals with the distinctive sounds that are combined to make words.
    lexicon
    morphology
    phonology
    semantics


8. The dictionary of a language can be called:
    semantics
    lexicon
    grammar
    pragmatics


9. Morphology is what?
    How a word's meaning evolves over time.
    The way a language builds words by putting small, meaningful units together.
    How a word's spelling evolves over time.
    In what order words are put in a sentence.


10. Your English teacher teaches you:
    descriptive grammar
    unilateral grammar
    French
    prescriptive grammar


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