2010
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Part I Multiple Choice Questions (40marks,2marks each)
Directions: Read the following statements carefully and choose the best answer from the four alternatives. Put your choices on the Answer Sheet.
( ) 1. Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human .
A. contact
B. communication
C. relation
D. community
( ) 2. which brand of linguistics studies the meanings of language?
A. phonetics
B. syntax
C. semantics
D. phonology
( ) 3. which branch of phonetics concerns the production of speech sounds?
A. acoustic phonetics
B. articulatory phonetics
C. auditory phonetics
D. none of the above ( ) 4. in English ise and tion are called .
A. prefixes
B. suffixes
C. infixes
D. free morphemes
( ) 5. is a field of linguistics that studies the sentences structure of language.
A. morphology
B. syntax
C. pragmatics
D. applied linguistics
( ) 6. cold and hot are a pair of antonyms.
A. gradable
B. complementary
C. reversal
D. converseness
( ) 7. speech act theory was proposed by in 1962.
A. Saussure
B. Austin
C. Chomsky
D. Grimm
( ) 8. is defined as a conscious process of accumulating knowledge of a second language usually obtained in school settings.
A. competence
B. performance
C. learning
D. acquisition
( ) 9. which description of the meaning components of the word mother is correct?
A. +human, +adult, male
B. +human, adult, +male
C. human, +adult, male
D. +human, +adult, +male
( ) 10. most of the violations of the maxims of the cooperative principle give rise to . A.breakdown of conversation B. confusion of one s intention
C.hostility between speakers and listeners
D.conversational implicatures
( ) 11. according to sequential rules in English, which of the following combinations of sounds is not possible in English?
A. bilk
B. blik
C. kilb
D. lbki
( ) 12. /p/ and /b/ can occur in the same environment and distinguish meaning, therefore they are .
A. in phonemic contrast
B. in complementary distribution
C. a minimal pair
D. allophones
( ) 13. is regarded as the founder of modern linguistics.
A. Searle
B. Chomsky
C. Austin
D. Saussure
( ) 14. the fact that children acquire spoken language before they can read or write indicates that language is primarily .
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