A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - The voiced sound /z/ denoting the plural morpheme in the word ‘dogs’ is an instance of ________________assimilation?
A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. reciprocal
D. none of the abovE - It is possible to write down spoken language and read aloud the written material. This property of language is called______________ ?
A. Duality of structure
B. Recursiveness
C. Displacement
D. Transference. - Well, then; I have received personal information, from a very high quarter, that a certain document of the last importance, has been purloined from the royal apartments. The individual who purloined it is known; this beyond a doubt; he was seen to take it. It is known, also, that it still remains in his possession. What is the meaning of the verb to purloin ?
A. To borrow
B. To steal
C. To ruin
D. To return - Thomas and Henrietta Bowdler’s edition of The Family Shakespeare gave rise to the verb \bowdlerize.\What does it mean ?
A. the expurgation of indelicate language
B. the modernization of archaic vocabulary
C. the insertion of bawdy songs
D. the misspelling of simple words like \the\and \and\ - ____________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. - The final /l/ in the words ‘bottle’, ‘cattle’ and ‘little’ are examples of _____________ ?
A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the above - The initial sounds in the words ‘ship’, ‘church’ and ‘judge; are examples for__________?
A. Palato__alveolar
B. Palatal
C. Velar
D. Bilabial - He had heard this destruction of the original possessors of the soil described, as we find it in the history of the times, where, we are told, “the number destroyed was about four hundred;” and “it was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire, and the streams of blood quenching the same, and the horrible scent thereof; but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and they gave the praise thereof to God.” This work is___________?
A. A hortatory sermon
B. A historial novel
C. Gothic fiction
D. A narrative frame
