Language And Linguistics in English Grammar : Practice MCQ Questions & Answers with Explanations

................refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech.

................refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining to sentences.

.................is used to designate words pronounced differently though identically

.................articulated by the tip and the blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge with raising of the front of the tongue toward the palate

..................are articulated by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate

Words with more than three syllables are called...........words

Words which represent the sounds of their referents are called

Words such as UNESCO and RADAR are instances of

Words such as smog and motel are instances of

Words such as phone and photo are instances of

Words such as edit and house-keep are instances of

Words such as black-leg and flash-light are instances of

Words like Buzz, Hiss, thud ets, which represents the sounds of their referents are known as

Words composed of two or more elements that are identical or slightly different are called

Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussures Langue and Parole?

Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Chomskys competence and Performance?

Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Langue and Parole?

Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Competence and Performance?

Who defined language as a set or (finite or infinite) sentences, each finite in length and constructed out of a finite set of elements

Who defined language as a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols?