English · UNIT 06 · MOCK TEST

Mock 2 – Morphology, Syntax & Semantics

Unit 6: Language and Linguistics · 22 questions · about 26 minutes. Press End Mock any time to see your score and the correct answers.

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Q1.

Which of the following is a functional morpheme?

Ateach Band C-er D-ed

Q2.

Match List I with List II:

List I: Level	List II: Concern
A. Phonology	I. Word systems of languages
B. Morphology	II. Sentence structure of languages
C. Syntax	III. Meaning
D. Semantics	IV. Sound systems of languages

AA-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III BA-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II CA-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III DA-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

Q3.

A 'palindrome' is:

Aa recantation in song or verse Ba play on words by the alteration of letters Ca word or sentence that reads the same backwards and forwards Da word formed from the initial letters of other words

Q4.

Which statement correctly defines homonyms?

AMorphemes that sound different but mean the same BWords that sound the same but have different meanings CMorphemes added to other morphemes DWords that sound the same but are spelled differently

Q5.

Which statement correctly defines pragmatics?

AThe study of units of meaning and their patterns BThe study of meaning CThe study of meaning in context DThe study of sounds

Q6.

Which of the following does NOT relate to Universal Grammar?

ACertain syntactic structures are universal. BAll languages share the same basic categories and relations. CIt was proposed by Edward Sapir. DThe human brain contains an innate mental grammar.

Q7.

Which statement correctly defines inversion?

AAn auxiliary or other verb comes at the end of the sentence BAn auxiliary or other verb comes before its subject CAn auxiliary may be omitted without changing meaning DAn auxiliary is essential

Q8.

A portmanteau is:

AA word which sounds the same as another but has a different meaning BA word that results from blending two or more words or parts of words CA new word created without reference to existing morphological resources DA word copied from one language into another

Q9.

In the nature–nurture debate, which linguist proposed an innate core of abstract knowledge about language that pre-specifies a framework for all natural languages (Universal Grammar)?

AClaude Lévi-Strauss BNoam Chomsky CRoland Barthes DRichard Rorty

Q10.

Noam Chomsky is known for his:

AGenerative grammar BGlossematics CLinguistic determinism DGrammar-translation method

Q11.

The arrival of corpus linguistics has revitalised:

Athe writing of observation-based grammars Bwriting that does not care for grammar Cthe use of long sentences in newspaper reporting Dthe quality of newspaper reporting

Q12.

Which science systematically studies the function of signs?

ASemantics BScriptoria CSeismography DSemiology

Q13.

Who distinguished constatives from performatives?

AJ. L. Austin BJudith Butler CStanley Fish DMary Louise Pratt

Q14.

Which pair of thinkers is associated with speech-act theory?

ANoam Chomsky and Steven Pinker BJ. L. Austin and John Searle CPaul Grice and Michael Devitt DFranz Boas and Rudolf Carnap

Q15.

Who argued, in 'The World as India', that English is the only unifying language of India?

ASusan Sontag BNoam Chomsky CAnthony Burgess DC. K. Ogden

Q16.

Empiricist linguistics is concerned with:

Ainvestigation of the human mind Bdirectly observable sense data Creason as the determinant of enquiry Dinnate knowledge of language

Q17.

Which two features of Chomsky's definition of grammar are drawn from mathematics?

A. Complexity
B. Abstraction
C. Transformation
D. Generation

AA and B only BA and C only CB and D only DC and D only

Q18.

Which of the following statements about 'performance' in linguistic theory are true?

A. It is analogous to Saussure's langue.
B. It is the specific utterances of speakers in actual situations.
C. It is the innate grammar showing universal ability.
D. It includes hesitations and unfinished structures caused by psychological factors.

AA and B only BB and C only CA and C only DB and D only

Q19.

Who founded the Survey of English Usage?

ARandolph Quirk BH. W. Fowler CMichael Swan DBryan Garner

Q20.

Who proposed the terms 'competence' and 'performance'?

ANoah Webster BSteven Pinker CRoman Jakobson DNoam Chomsky

Q21.

Match List I with List II:

List I: Linguist	List II: Concept
A. Paul Grice	I. Language death
B. Edward Sapir	II. The linguistic sign
C. Ferdinand de Saussure	III. Linguistic relativity
D. Nancy Dorian	IV. The cooperative principle

AA-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV BA-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I CA-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II DA-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

Q22.

Which two statements are admissible about 'Hari wrote a poem on the mountains'?

A. It shows lexical ambiguity.
B. It shows structural ambiguity.
C. It has two deep structures.
D. It has two surface structures.

AA and B only BB and C only CB and D only DC and D only

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