VU Midterm Past Papers
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Q1. Segments or forms that cannot normally stand alone and are typically attached to another form are called __
Q2. Juncture, in linguistics, is the manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two ___ sounds.
Q3. The sounds /l/, /r/, /n/ stand as the ___ syllables.
Q4. In morphology, a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function is called a ______.
Q5. ___ is a _____ language.
Q6. A segment is 'any unit that can be identified, either physically or auditorily, in the stream of speech'.
Q7. In phonology, the two types of stress include primary and ___ stress.
Q8. Lexical morphemes are longer and, with the exception of 'ox' and American English's 'ax', are spelt with a minimum of ___ graphemes.
Q9. If the second syllable is strong, it is stressed in __ such as arrive or apply.
Q10. Consonants like /m/ and /b/ occurring together in a word but belonging to two different syllables are called _______ consonants.
Q11. ___ morphemes are class words.
Q12. In phonology, the words such as in, of and at are the examples of ___ syllables.
Q13. A phoneme is a basic unit of phonology. It is the ___ unit which causes a change in meaning.
Q14. In the word 'helped' the sound 'p' is ___.
Q15. In phonology, ___ is relative emphasis or prominence given to a certain syllable in a word.
Q16. The morpheme that can stand alone as a single word by itself is called ___ Morpheme.
Q17. In morphology, the difference between dog and dogs is that of ___ form.
Q18. Words 'female' and 'frozen' have ___ syllables.
Q19. In phonology, a minimum syllable is a syllable which has no onset and no ___.
Q20. Functional morphemes cannot normally be ___.
Q21. Segmental phonology is not interested in the production, the physical properties, or the perception of these sounds, but in the ___ and possible combinations of sounds within the sound system.
Q22. In phonology, no word ends with more than ___ consonants.
Q23. In phonology, accent on certain words within a sentence is called ___ stress.
Q24. In syllable timed languages, there is ___ in stress.
Q25. ___ is the word with two syllables.
Q26. The main three branches of phonetics are articulatory, ______, and auditory.
Q27. In traditional grammar, a ______ is a category of words which have similar grammatical properties.
Q28. Recursive rules have the capacity to repeat or generate the ______ of a sentence more than once.
Q29. Except only in certain educational contexts, modern linguists utterly rejects ______.
Q30. The word ‘syntax’ literally means ‘putting together’ or ______.
Q31. In Latin, each of the verb forms is different, according to the categories of person and ______.
Q32. One of the properties of generative grammar is that grammar has ______ number of rules but is capable of producing ______ number of sentences.
Q33. The most important practical issue that ______ deals with is the learning of second or foreign languages.
Q34. ______ can be defined as the study of language.
Q35. In morphology, the difference between dog and dogs is that of ______.
Q36. The study of language in general is often referred to as ______.
Q37. Which of the following branches of linguistics discusses the way in which language is represented and processed in the brain?
Q38. The branch of linguistics named ______ is mainly concerned with the analysis of the distribution patterns and spatial structures of languages in contact.
Q39. In linguistics, ______ is the set of structural rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language.
Q40. A simple way to understand both phonetics and phonology is that phonetics is considered the physics of sound, and phonology is considered the ______ of sound.
Q41. According to ______ approach of grammar, a sentence is considered grammatical if a native speaker produces that in speaking.
Q42. In English morphology, fast-food comes under the heading of compounding and ______ comes under the heading of blending.
Q43. A group of different morphs, all version of one ______, are called allomorphs.
Q44. In English, a ______ phrase consists of a preposition and a noun phrase.
Q45. Sound waves can be described in terms of ______ properties such as cycle, period, frequency, and amplitude.
Q46. The element of reduction that is noticeable in blending is even more apparent in the process described as ______.
Q47. The mentalistic approach by Piaget states that all languages must be ______ by the child.
Q48. The intra-disciplinary branch of linguistics entitled ______ linguistics is mainly interested in general patterns that shape each and every language, both in their current structure and in their historical developments.
Q49. In morphology, phone is actual realization of the phonemes and morphs are actual forms to realize ______.
Q50. Segments or forms that cannot normally stand alone and are typically attached to another form are called ______ Morphemes.
Q51. Phonology is the study of the sound system of languages. It studies how sound categories are ______ manipulated in the processing of language.
Q52. Closed classes of words take no ______ affixes in English.
Q53. ______ added to the end of a word are called ______.
Q54. The truth of a proposition is determined by ______ sense reference to experience.
Q55. The truth of a proposition is determined by
Q56. The word with two syllables.
Q57. Juncture, in linguistics, is the manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two
Q58. The pronoun must be in nominative case after comparative adjective is the subject matter of .
Q59. Gratte-ciel is an example of loan-translation or a direct translation of the elements of a word into the language.
Q60. The branch of linguistics in which the techniques of computer science are applied to the analysis and synthesis of language and speech is titled as linguistics.
Q61. The terms such as “adjective” and “noun” are used to label forms in the language as the or parts of speech.
Q62. The word ‘transformation’ is a/an
Q63. BN phonetics is a approach.
Q64. is an adjective and older is a/an
Q65. The language studies involving two or more distinct academic disciplines are named as studies.
Q66. morphemes often change the part of
Q67. The branch of linguistics that relies heavily on biology and also on anatomy and physiology, is named as phonetics.
Q68. The set of derivational affixes is open-ended; that is, there are potentially number of them.
Q69. In English language, natural gender is based on sex (male and female), while grammatical gender is based on the type of and is not tied to sex.
Q70. In English is the form of a verb in which we to’ to the basic form of verb.
Q71. In syntax, are used to mark the constituents of a sentence.
Q72. The branch of historical linguistics concerned with comparing language is named as linguistics.
Q73. Historical linguistics, also called linguistics, is the scientific study of language change over time.
Q74. The sounds /l/, /t/, /n/ stand as the ___ syllables.
Q75. English is a ___ language.
Q76. The words 'female' and 'frozen' have ___ syllables.
Q77. Phonetics is a approach.
Q78. In oral cavity, after teeth and alveolar ridge, comes the.
Q79. The scientific study of language is that linguistics is rather than speculative or intuitive.
Q80. In phonology, no word begins with more than consonants.
Q81. Except only in certain educational contexts, modern linguists utterly reject
Q82. Phoneme is the basic unit of phonology. It is the smallest unit which causes change in meaning.
Q83. Speech is an innate human capability, and written language is a _______________ invention.
Q84. Phoneme is the basic unit of phonology. It is the ___ and which causes change meaning.
Q85. Select the correct option
Q86. The quality of productivity in human beings can also be termed as open-endedness or
Q87. Which of the following is normally stressed in an English language sentence?
Q88. In legal contexts language can be a means of control
Q89. In linguistics, the process of coining new words into a language is called
Q90. In linguistics, bow-wow theory refers to an example of occurring sound
Q91. Nonverbal communication doesn't have. rules of grammar that bring structure, order, and agreed-on patterns of usage.
Q92. Syllables can influence the of a language.
Q93. Non-verbal communication that includes body-movements and postures is called
Q94. Apes and other primates live in social groups and use grunts and social calls, but they do not seem to have developed the capacity for
Q95. In linguistics, the _______of language does not change but the lexical items are inclined to change.
Q96. Primitive words could have been________ of the natural sounds.
Q97. Physical effort and interaction among the people could be source of early language learning experience. This statement refers to____ theory.
Q98. The human quality of being able to communicate at two levels is called ______ or double articulation.
Q99. Teeth, lips, mouth, larynx, and pharynx are the examples of
Q100. Linguistics is the scientific study of ______.
Q101. In linguistics, chemo communication refers to the fact that animals emit certain ______ from their bodies in order to communicate.
Q102. After thousands of years of development, human have honed this message-building. The term ‘honed’ means :
Q103. Three general classes of script include logographic, syllabic and .
Q104. Old English is derived from the West Germanic family of language and Modern English is derived from _______ Germanic family of language.
Q105. Panini, the first known grammarian of the world, was from.
Q106. All languages require the organizing and combining of sounds of _______ in specific arrangements.
Q107. Factors like _______ are going to influence languages of the future.
Q108. According to Bloch and Trager, a language is a system of _______ vocal symbols by means of which a social group co-operates.
Q109. The connection between the word ‘dog’ and the creature it refers to is not natural. It seems quite _______.
Q110. Behaviorists usually define language as a _______ behavior that involves a stimulus and a response.
Q111. _______ pre-existing natural languages are named as :
Q112. Genetically, with the passage of time, the brain develops and larynx _______.
Q113. In linguistics, Chomsky believes that language learning is _______.
Q114. The language family contains _______.
Q115. _______ can only talk about their _______.
Q116. The human history begins with the pathway of _______ great apes.
Q117. According to Behaviourists, _______ refers to language utterances or words or phrases of which they are composed.
Q118. Animals can only talk about their _______
Q119. An adverb inflects _______
Q120. _______ language family contains _______
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