A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
Related Mcqs:
- ______________________is used to designate words pronounced differently though identically?
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms - The older term used to designate the study of languages is____________?
A. Philology
B. Haplology
C. Phonology
D. Semiology - What does Gertrude Stein’s term “the Lost Generation” designate ?
A. It refers to a group of talented American émigré writers who lived in Europe after World War I.
B. It refers to the young generation whose coming of age was interrupted by World War I.
C. It refers to English poets who sought refuge in New York City after World War I ended.
D. Both A and B - ______________is concerned with the selection and organization of speech sounds in a language?
A. Phonology
B. Morphology
C. Semantics
D. Syntax - ______________is the scientific study of language ?
A. Philology
B. Phonology
C. Phonetics
D. linguistics - ______________is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttereD ?
A. Stress
B. Pitch
C. Intonation
D. Juncture - ____________is the process by which new words are coined by combining the segments of two different words ?
A. Portmanteau
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Clipping
D. Metanalysis - ______________________is a processes of word formation wherein new words are coined by combining the segments of two different existing words?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation. - ______________is the school of literary writings is a medical theory ?
A. Comedy of Manners
B. Theater of the Absurd
C. Heroic Tragedy
D. Comedy of Humours - The present__tense form of the verb ‘read’ and its past__tense which is pronounced as ‘red’ is an example of _____________?
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
