What's Your Linguistic IQ?

8 Questions | By Amandamae333 | Updated: Mar 22, 2022 | Attempts: 9265

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A simple quiz to test your basic knowledge of linguistics which involves, morphology, syntax, phonology, semantics, grammar, vocabulary, dialects and more!

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1.

What are the most basic units of meaning?
- A.
  
  Letters
- B.
  
  Words
- C.
  
  Phonemes
- D.
  
  Phones
- E.
  
  Sounds
2.

Which one does not rhyme with ballet?
- A.
  
  Billet
- B.
  
  Chalet
- C.
  
  Bouquet
- D.
  
  Wallet
- E.
  
  A and D
3.

Which of these is a daughter language?
- A.
  
  Spanish
- B.
  
  Germanic
- C.
  
  Latin
- D.
  
  Hellenic
4.

Slang is most often created to
- A.
  
  Exclude outsiders
- B.
  
  Hide from people in positions of power
- C.
  
  Disguise and disfigure a language
- D.
  
  All of the above
5.

What language is this?
- A.
  
  ASL
- B.
  
  SL
- C.
  
  Sign Language
- D.
  
  No Language
6.

Which is a child's strategy of language acquisition?
- A.
  
  Bootstrapping
- B.
  
  Overextension
- C.
  
  Chunking
- D.
  
  B & C only
- E.
  
  All of the above
7.

What is linguistics?
- A.
  
  Analysis of language form
- B.
  
  Analysis of language meaning
- C.
  
  Analysis of language context
- D.
  
  All of the above
8.

Ok, an easy one. What is the correct answer
- A.
  
  This one
- B.
  
  Not this one
- C.
  
  Nope
- D.
  
  Option 1