Linguistics Quizzes & Trivia
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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Sample QuestionWhat are the most basic units of meaning?
This is a quiz for a Secondary Education class at California State University in Northridge.
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Sample QuestionFrench, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian
Welcome to a brief test on Linguistics. This quiz is not only for BSED majoring in English but also to everyone, especially YOU!... It contains different questions about the study of language, phonemes, and theory of...
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Sample QuestionWhat is the study of languages?
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What are the most basic units of meaning?
The answer is C. A phoneme is the basic unit of sound, whereas a morpheme is the basic unit of meaning. In any dialect or language, a phoneme is the smallest sound used to provide meaningful differences between words and speech.
Phonemes are a group
What is an antonym?
The right answer is The word of opposite meaning. kindly do correction
What are other phonemes that do not involve the vocal cords and there is no vibration, such as the consonants h, t, s, p, k, l, and f called?
Also, voiceless is correct answer.
What is the study of language and languages called?
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Linguistic is the study of language
Test yourself with this quiz on a random selection of linguistics terminology
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Sample QuestionWhat is nominalization?
A quiz on chapters 1 and 2
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Sample QuestionThe area of the brain responsible for language production is called Broca's Area
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Sample QuestionApplied Linguistics is the scientific study of a language.
In contrastive linguistics, the similarities and differences between two or more tongues are explored using a practice-oriented approach. The common idea behind every study in contrastive linguistics is the unravelling of the...
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Sample QuestionWho first studied constrastive linguistics?
No one wants to look a fool. Figure out if your linguistic skills are up to par by testing your knowledge of these commonly misused words.
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Sample QuestionSelect the appropriate use of the word "Peruse".
These are practice questions used in the discussion sections for Exam 2. Test your knowledge.
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Sample QuestionIn a “head-initial” language like English, the PS rule that correctly describes the distribution of heads and complements is _________ .
This is a quiz that consists of true or false questions that test how well you know each learning style including linguistic, intra and inter personal, musical, body/ kinesthetic, mathematical, naturalistic, and visual /spatial.
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Sample QuestionThere are 6 different types of learning styles.
This is your description.
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Sample QuestionThe word ‘tomahawk’ is a borrowing from ____.
Linguistics is the study of language in its entirety, origin and history and form. Are you bilingual or do you take pride in being multilingual? Come test your knowledge.
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Sample QuestionWhich of the following is an aspect of human language?
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Sample QuestionApplied Linguistics is the scientific study of a language.
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Sample QuestionAccording to Saussure the sign is made of...
Determine the Paradigms for each subtopic
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Sample QuestionSocial Class & Stratification:A boss believes that every worker should work efficiently and therefore if someone does not efficiently do their job then that is grounds for immediate job termination. However the workers feel like that is unfair and decide to fight this injustice.
