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1. What type of main clause is used when asking a question?
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2. What is the term for two words that have opposite meanings?
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3. What kind of word adds contexts of time, place, or manner to a verb?
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4. What is the term for two words that have the same sound and spelling, but different meanings?
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5. What is the term for the time frame in which a verb takes place?
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6. Which sub-discipline of linguistics focuses on the meaning of words and word combinations?
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7. Which type of linguistic construction is intermediate between a phrase and a sentence?
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8. What type of main clause is used when making a statement?
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9. What is the term for two words which sound the same but have different meanings?
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10. What kind of sentence or pair of sentences cannot logically be true?
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11. Which sub-discipline of linguistics focuses on how words work grammatically within sentences?
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12. The word "karaoke" is a portmanteau of the two Japanese words for what?
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13. What type of main clause is used when making a request or demand?
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14. Which of the following is an example of a constructed language?
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What type of main clause is used when asking a question?
What is the term for two words that have opposite meanings?
What kind of word adds contexts of time, place, or manner to a verb?
What is the term for two words that have the same sound and spelling,...
What is the term for the time frame in which a verb takes place?
Which sub-discipline of linguistics focuses on the meaning of words...
Which type of linguistic construction is intermediate between a phrase...
What type of main clause is used when making a statement?
What is the term for two words which sound the same but have different...
What kind of sentence or pair of sentences cannot logically be true?
Which sub-discipline of linguistics focuses on how words work...
The word "karaoke" is a portmanteau of the two Japanese words for...
What type of main clause is used when making a request or demand?
Which of the following is an example of a constructed language?
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