The consonants /j/ and /w/ are called__________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The final consonants /s/, /z/ and /iz/ in the words ‘cats’, ‘dogs’ and ‘boxes’ are instances of ______________?

   A. Allophones
   B. Allomorphs
   C. Minimal pairs
   D. None of the above

2. A person who has the ability to use only one language is called__________?

   A. Monologue
   B. Monolingual
   C. Monologal
   D. None of the above

3. A minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language is called__________?

   A. Syllable
   B. Phoneme
   C. Morpheme
   D. Allomorph

4. ________________is the totality of the speech habits of an individual?

   A. Dialect
   B. Idiolect
   C. Register
   D. Slang

5. The different concrete phonetic variation of the same phoneme are called______________?

   A. Allophones
   B. Homophones
   C. Homographs
   D. Homonyms

6. __________________is the accent on certain words within the a sentence?

   A. Semantics
   B. Syntax
   C. Sentence__stress
   D. None of the above

7. Words such as ‘black__leg’ and ‘flash__light’ are instances of ____________?

   A. Compounding
   B. Portmanteau
   C. Derivation
   D. Backformation

8. The term ______________is used to designate words which are spelt differently but pronounced alike and which are different in meaning ?

   A. Allophones
   B. Homophones
   C. Homographs
   D. Homonyms

9. The two great linguists who have contributed much to frame the device of Immediate Constituent analysis are__________________?

   A. Leonard Bloomfield & Noam Chomsky
   B. Leonard Bloomfield & Max__Muller
   C. Max__Muller & Herman Gundert
   D. Edward Sapir & Ferdinand de Saussure

10. A term introduced by the linguist SAUSSURE which refers to the state of a language as it exists at any given time

    A. Synchrony
    B. Diachrony
    C. Paradigmatic
    D. N. O. T

    Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo