The consonant /s/ is called ________ ?

Related Mcqs:

1. The consonant /l/ is called ____________?

   A. Sibilant
   B. Lateral
   C. Nasal
   D. Semi__vowel

2. The initial consonant in ‘Young’ is a __________ sound?

   A. Palatal
   B. Velar
   C. Dental
   D. Glottal

3. Syllables in which the consonant functions as nucleus are called________?

   A. Syllabic consonants
   B. Sibilants
   C. Suffixes
   D. None of the above

4. ______________involves a different analysis of the structure of the word by attaching a consonant at the end of a word or a vowel at the beginning of the next word ?

   A. Portmanteau
   B. Onomatopoeia
   C. Clipping
   D. Met analysis

5. There are ______ consonant sounds in English IPA.

   A. 22
   B. 23
   C. 24
   D. 25

   Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo

6. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds_____________?

   A. rhyme
   B. onomatopoeia
   C. alliteration
   D. none of the above

7. ________ is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme ?

   A. Syllable
   B. Stress
   C. Intonation
   D. Pitch.

8. Father of modern linguistics is ________?

   A. Noam Chomsky
   B. Ferdenand De Sassure
   C. None of these
   D. Both A and B

   Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo

9. The systematic study of signs is called __________?

   A. Semiotics
   B. Semiology
   C. Both “a” & “b”
   D. Neither “a” not “b”

10. Certain morphemes have more than one meaning and can be understood in more than one way. They are called ______________?

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