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About how many languages are being spoken in the world

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City of Masbate, 5400 a. 300-400 b. 500-1000
c. 1000-2000 d. 6000-7000

PRE-TEST 12. How do you know that people speak different languages
rather than just different dialects of the same language?
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS a. They cannot read each other's writing.
(MC LINGUIS 1) b. They find each other's speech unintelligible.
c. They come from different countries.
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and d. They find it complex to understand other language.
remember: Cheating is a choice, NOT A MISTAKE.
13. Which of the following is spoken as a principle or native
1. It is a branch of linguistics that deals with systems of language by the most people in the world?
sounds (including or excluding phonetics), within a language a. English b. Mandarin Chinese
or between different languages. c. Spanish d. none of the above
a. Phonology b. Morphology
c. Syntax d. Semantics 14. The island of New Guinea is important linguistically
because:
2. It is a branch of linguistics that deals with the rules a. It is unusually homogenous linguistically, with only one
les governing the structure of sentences. language and one dialect.
a. Phonology b. Morphology b. Nothing yet is known about its languages.
c. Syntax d. Semantics c. It has an extremely large number of different languages.
d. none of the above
3. It is a branch of linguistics that deals with the rules
concerning the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text. 15. Which of the following statements have linguists found to
a. Phonology b. Morphology be true?
c. Syntax d. Semantics a. Societies that have simple technologies usually use
languages with simple grammars.
4. It is a branch of linguistics that deals with the rules b. Linguists today generally consider languages that have no
governing word structure. written form to be "primitive".
a. Phonology b. Morphology c. The more economically diverse and technologically
c. Syntax d. Semantics advanced cultures have larger vocabularies.
d. none of the above
5. It is a system that uses some physical sign (sound, gesture,
mark) to express meaning. 16. Which of the following languages is now static or
a. linguistics b. communication unchanging?
c. language d. non-verbal and verbal communication a. English b. Mandarin Chinese
c. Spanish d. none of the above
6. It is the scientific study of language.
a. linguistics b. communication 17. The languages that are most likely to disappear in the near
c. language d. non-verbal and verbal communication future are:
a. indigenous languages of Australia and the New World
7. What does Syntax mean? b. languages spoken only by adults
a. It is basically the particular pattern of the formation of c. unwritten languages spoken in small technologically simple
sentences, or phrases in any given language. societies
b. A branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the d. all of the above
sounds of human speech.
c. The study of formation and functions of words. 18. It deals with the study of the physical production of speech
d. The study of all aspects of society. sounds and how such sounds are properly transmitted.
a. Articulatory Linguistics b. Acoustic Linguistics
8. What does Morphology mean? c. Auditory Linguistics d. Academic Linguistics
a. It is basically the particular pattern of the formation of
sentences, or phrases in any given language. 19. It deals with the production of sounds.
b. A branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the a. Articulatory Linguistics b. Acoustic Linguistics
sounds of human speech. c. Auditory Linguistics d. Academic Linguistics
c. The study of formation and functions of words.
d. The study of all aspects of society. 20. This refers to the study of the perception of speech sounds.
a. Articulatory Linguistics b. Acoustic Linguistics
9. What does Phonetics mean? c. Auditory Linguistics d. Academic Linguistics
a. It is basically the particular pattern of the formation of
sentences, or phrases in any given language. 21. This explores the imaginative representation of meanings
b. A branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the together with the functioning of the language in the mind.
sounds of human speech. a. Evolutionary Linguistics b. Historical Linguistics
c. The study of formation and functions of words. c. Psycho Linguistics d. Neuro Linguistics
d. The study of all aspects of society.
22. Tries to look into the representation of the language in the
10. What does Sociolinguistics mean? brain.
a. It is basically the particular pattern of the formation of a. Evolutionary Linguistics b. Historical Linguistics
sentences, or phrases in any given language. c. Psycho Linguistics d. Neuro Linguistics
b. A branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the
sounds of human speech.
c. The study of formation and functions of words.
d. The study of all aspects of society.
23. This sub-area of linguistics takes into account the origin of 35. The grammatical and lexical relationship within a text or
language. sentence.
a. Evolutionary Linguistics b. Historical Linguistics a. Cohesion b. Morpheme
c. Psycho Linguistics d. Neuro Linguistics c. Proxemics d. Phoneme

24. This sub-area of linguistics explores language changes and 36. In linguistics, the _________ of a language is its
the relationships of languages spoken by different ethnic vocabulary, including its words and expressions.
groups and/or nationalities. a. Cohesion b. Lexicon
a. Evolutionary Linguistics b. Historical Linguistics c. Proxemics d. Register
c. Psycho Linguistics d. Neuro Linguistics
37. This has reference to the study of natural communication
25. Which of the following statements is true about systems in animals as compared to human-taught language.
communication? a. Bio Linguistics b. Clinical Linguistics
a. Humans are the only animals that communicate with each c. Applied Linguistics d. Stylistics
other.
b. Human language is 100% learned rather than 38. This sub-area has its core in the study of language-related
biologically inherited. issues as applied in everyday life.
c. Humans and all other large mammals use a symbolic a. Bio Linguistics b. Clinical Linguistics
communication system c. Applied Linguistics d. Stylistics
d. Human naturally born with language acquired.
39. This sub-field deals with the application of linguistic
26. A language is ________________________ . theory to the field of speech-language pathology.
a. a broad term simply referring to human patterned verbal a. Bio Linguistics b. Clinical Linguistics
behavior in general c. Applied Linguistics d. Stylistics
b. a set of specific rules for generating speech
c. another word for a dialect. 40. This area of study delves into the linguistic factors that
d. a spoken word by human characterize forms of discourse in context.
a. Bio Linguistics b. Clinical Linguistics
27. A dialect that mostly develops as a result of differences in c. Applied Linguistics d. Stylistics
class, ethnicity, gender, age, and/or particular social situations
is referred to as a:
a. social dialect b. regional dialect
c. genderlect or ethnilect d. national dialect
Prepared by:
28. Dialects develop: MARTIN DAVE R. ENOPEQUIS, LPT, MAED (CAR)
a. more often in small-scale societies with few people Instructor, MC LINGUIS 1
b. more often in large-scale societies with many people
c. equally often in small-scale and large-scale societies
d. all of the above “Be always ready to fail, because only then you are ready to
succeed and meet greater things.”
29. A pidgin is:
a. a dialect like Black English in North America
b. the mother tongue, or principle language, of a society
c. a simplified makeshift language that develops to fulfill
the communication needs of peoples who have no language
in common
d. a common species of bird

30. The smallest unit of sound that can be altered to change

the meaning of a word is called a:
a. morpheme b. bound morpheme
c. phoneme c. found phoneme

31. Grammar consists of:

a. morphology b. syntax
c. phonology d. both A and B

32. Linguistic interference occurs when:

a. people try to speak if they are very nervous and feel
intimidated
b. people learn a second language or dialect
c. young children learn their first language
d. through contact with native speakers in their own society

33. ____________ is the study of body language.

a. kinesics b. proxemics
c. paralanguage d. multilanguage

34. It is a minimal, meaningful unit in grammatical system of

a language.
a. morpheme b. bound morpheme
c. phoneme c. found phoneme