A. Onomatopoeia
B. Homophones
C. Homonyms
D. Portmanteau
Related Mcqs:
- Words which represent the sounds of their referents are called___________________?
A. Portmanteau
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Clipping
D. Metanalysis - The final sounds /t/, /d/, and /id/ in the words packed, bagged and patted are instances of__________?
A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Minimal pairs
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 - The term________________refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even words in continuous speech?
A. Alliteration
B. Assonance
C. Elision
D. None of the above - ____________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. - How many nasal sounds are there in the Malayalam language ?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five - Sounds articulated by two lips are called ____________?
A. Dental
B. Bilabial
C. Labio__dental
D. Alveolar - The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and juncture are called ______________?
A. Supra__segmental phonemes
B. Secondary phonemes
C. Prosodic features
D. All the above. - Which among the following are bilabial plosive sounds in English?
A. /p/ & /b/
B. /m/ & /v/
C. /t/ &/d/
D. /k/ & /g/
