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The Yo-He-Ho Theory of the origin of language was advanced by
A
Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget
B
Noire
C
Max-Muller
D
Otto Jepersen
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The Yo-He-Ho Theory of the origin of language was advanced by
Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget
Noire
Max-Muller
Otto Jepersen
The words denoting the colour red and the past-tense of the verb read ; right and write; and site and sight are examples for
Allophones
Homophones
Homographs
Homonyms
The word examination is a............word
Monosyllabic
Disyllabic
Try syllabic
Polysyllabic
The word bank in on the banks on the river and banks are financial institutions is called a
Allophones
Homophones
Homographs
Homonyms
The voiced sound /z/ denoting the plural morpheme in the word dogs is an instance of..............assimilation
Progressive
Regressive
reciprocal
None of the above
The type of study which focus on the analysis of the systematic interrelation of the elements of a single language at a particular time is called
Synchronic
Diachronic
Semiotic
Onomatopoeic
The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time is called
Synchronic
Diachronic
Semiotic
Onomatopoeic
The two sounds influencing each other and combine to produce a third sound is an instance of...............assimilation
Progressive
regressive
reciprocal
None of the above
The two great linguists who have contributed much to frame the device of Immediate Constituent analysis are
Leonard Bloomfield & Noam Chomsky
Leonard Bloomfield & Max-Muller
Max-Muller & Herman Gundert
Edward Sapir & Ferdinand de Saussure
The theory which Is based upon the assumption that language has been formed from the words uttered by groups of persons engaged in joint burdensome labour
The Yo-He-Ho Theory
The Gesture theory
The Poo-Pooh theory
Ding-Dong theory
The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated in the sense of rhythm innate in man
Ding Dong theory
The Bow-vow theory
The Pooh-pooh theory
The Gesture theory
The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of the involuntary exclamations of pain, surprise, pleasure or wonder
Ding Dong theory
The Bow-vow theory
The Pooh-pooh theory
The Gesture theory
The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of human instinct to imitate sounds
Ding Dong theory
The Bow-vow theory
The Pooh-pooh theory
The Gesture theory
The theory of Transformational Generative Grammar is contained in
Chomskys Syntactic Structures
Chomskys Aspects of the theory of Syntax
Leonard Bloomfields Language
Both a & b
The term..............refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even words in continuous speech
Alliteration
Assonance
Elision
None of the above
The term which is used to designate words which are spelt differently but pronounced alike and which are different in meaning.
Allophones
Homophones
Homographs
Homonyms
The term semiotics was introduced by
Charles Sanders Pierce
Ferdinand de sauddure
Noam Chomsky
Edward Sapir
The term semiology was introduced by
Charles Sanders Pierce
Ferdinand de Saussure
Noam Chomsky
Edward Sapir
The systematic study of signs is called
Semiotics
Semiology
Both a & b
Neither a not b
The system of phonetic notation composed of symbols and letters devised by the International Phonetic Association is
The international phonetic script
The international phonetic alphabet
The international phonemic script
The intelligible phonetic script