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ST. JOHN PAULL II COLLEGE OF DAVAO

Ecoland Drive, Matina, Davao City
Midterm Examination
Introduction to Linguistics

Name:_________________________________ Time/Date: ___________

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read all instructions carefully and thoroughly. Any misconduct, discussion or otherwise inappropriate
communication between examinees, as well as the appearance of any unnecessary materials will be dealt with accordingly.
Questions must be directed to the instructor in-charge. WARNING: Two or more answers will be considered wrong answers.

I. Label the parts of the vocal tract in the diagram below a. motel b. edit
(20 points). c. AIDS d. hamburger
5 4. The morpheme that may cap the word friend, such that
no other morpheme can be added to it is _____
a. {-s} b. {-ly}
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6 c. {-ship} d. {-ness}
5. The following words: typewrite, enthuse, escalate, and
resurrect come from words that look like their derivative –
7 typewriter, enthusiast, escalator, and resurrection. This
3 word formation process is known as
a. derivation b. blending
8 c. back formation d. etymology
2 6. From this list: frighten, lengthen, spoken, strengthen, the
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word that follows a different formation process is
1
a. frighten b. spoken
c. lengthen d. strengthen
10 7. The word formation process involved in creating the
following words from beauty is _______.
Beauty beautify, beautiful, beautifully
1. ___________________________ a. derivation b. back formation
2. ___________________________ c. root creation d. category extension
3. ___________________________ 8. The following words: lab, dorm, prof, gym, prom, and
4. ___________________________ mike result from a word formation process called_____.
5. ___________________________ a. clipping b. invention
6. ___________________________ c. blending d. derivation
7. ___________________________ 9. The following words are formed by compounding
8. ___________________________ EXCEPT?
9. ___________________________ a. holdup b. cosmonaut
10. ___________________________ c. brownout d. warm-up
10. The word formation process used in following words:
II. Identify the Manner of articulation and Place of brunch, smog, urinalysis, broasted _____.
articulation of the following phonemic symbols (20 a. clipping b. blending
points: c. abbreviating d. compounding
11. The words “Inadequate, disembark, uneducated and
Manner of Articulation Place of articulation illegitimate” have prefixes that are:
1. /t/ ______________ ______________ a. Neutral b. Negative
2. /b/ ______________ ______________ c. Positive d. Common
3. /c/ ______________ ______________ 12. Which is an example of a bound morpheme ending in
4. /f/ ______________ ______________ –ion that changes a verb into a noun?
5. /v/ ______________ ______________ a. Action b. Scion
6. /p/ ______________ ______________ c. Nation d. Mention
7. /m/ ______________ ______________ 13. Which of the following is pronounced with a /t/ sound
8. /n/ ______________ ______________ at the end?
10. /š/ ______________ ______________ a. mended b.recommended
c. blocked d. postponed
III. Multiple Choice. Encircle the correct answer. 14. When teaching about the difference between vowels
1. Which cueing system is used when pronouncing words? and consonants it is important to point out that the former
a. Semantic b. Syntactic is characterized by ______.
c. Pragmatic d. Phonological a. absence of vibration of the vocal cords
2. An example of a word formation process that changes b. free airflow through the vocal tract
“kindergarten” to “kinder” and “air conditioning” to “aircon” c. presence of friction in the vocal tract
is known as. d. little obstruction in the vocal tract
a. Coining b. Blending 15. Which among these words has voiceless /th/ sound?
c. Compounding d. Clipping a. this b. think
3. The word that is formed from a proper noun is ______. c. gather d. there
16. Which among the words below has the /sh/ sound?
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 a. sober b. shallow
b. leisure d. salient IV. Identify the word formation process of the
17. The minimal pair that can be used for teaching the following word (10 points).
contrast between /ε/ and /e/ is ______.
a. bat – bait b. bet – bat 1. Mail carrier
c. bet – bit d. bet – bait 2. Telephone - phone
18. The English phonemic symbol that matches the 3. Advertisement + entertainment = advertainment
following articulatory description: “voiced velar nasal” is 4. Simultaneous + broadcast = simulcast
a. /m/ b. /r/ 5. Photograph - photo
c. /ŋ/ d. /n/ 6. Bryd-guman (old English) - Bridegroom
19. When teaching pluralization of regular nouns, the 7. UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund)
teacher may include lesson on plural nouns ending in 8. Babysitter - Babysit
a. /s/, /z/, /∂z/ b. /š/, /č/, /ž/ 9. Fire hydrant
c. /d/, /t/, /∂d/ d. /t/, /d/, /d∂d/ 10. Donation – donate
20. The IPA transcription that represents the word peace
is ______. V. Write the correct form of the following sentences and
a. [p i s ] b. [p i z ] explain its rule. (4 points each)
c. [p e z ] d. [p I s] 1. Marco has eating.
21. When pronouncing a stressed syllable beginning with Correct form: ____________________________________
/t/, /p/, and /k/ in words like toy, pet, cake, the initial sound Explanation: ____________________________________
is ________________________________________________
a. blended b. aspirated
c. voiced d. assimilated 2. She has being teaching for 10 years.
Correct form: ____________________________________
22. Learners who cannot accurately produce the final
Explanation: ____________________________________
sound of the word clothe is likely to say it with ______.
________________________________________________
a. /d/ b. /ð/
c. /θ/ d. /t/ 3. They are studied.
23. Words such as putting, writer, bitter and liter are Correct form: ____________________________________
pronounced in such a way that in pronouncing the /t/ Explanation: ____________________________________
sound, the tongue touches the tooth ridge and is quickly ________________________________________________
pulled back. What do you call this phonological process
that only happens when /t/ occurs between two vowels - 4. I do could eat apple.
the preceding vowel is stressed and the other unstressed? Correct form: ____________________________________
a. aspiration b. velarization Explanation: ____________________________________
c. assimilation d. flapping ________________________________________________
24. When using a minimal pair to teach the difference
between /s/ and /z/, teacher may use ____. 5. I can do sing.
a. lacy-lazy b. trace-craze Correct form: ____________________________________
c. seize-sees d. piece-peace Explanation: ____________________________________
25. Which word contains C pronounced as /k/ - the hard C ________________________________________________
sound?
a. century b. cold
c. city d. censure
26. What is the smallest unit of sound of any language that
causes a difference in meaning called?
a. allophone b. allomorph
c. morpheme d. phoneme
27. Not all ED’s in verbs sound alike. Which ED is
different?
a. She signed a contract
c. She was not granted an audience
b. She wanted a chaperon
d. She failed to get the needed answer
28. Which of the following phonemic transcription
corresponds to a voiced palatal affricate?
a. /z/ b. /j/
c. /ch/ d. /c/
29. The study of word formation is called_____________.
a. morphology b. morpheme
c. phonology d. phoneme
30. A minimal unit having more or less constant meaning
associated with more or less constant form is known
as___________.
a. phoneme b. morphe
c. morpheme d. morphology

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