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Language and Linguistics

On the basis of the criterion of the state of the tension of the tongue, vowels can be classified into______________?

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics /
On the basis of the criterion of the state of the tension of the tongue, vowels can be classified into______________?

A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels
B. Front vowels & back vowels
C. High vowels & low vowels
D. Tense vowels &lax vowels

On the basis of the criterion of the state of the tension of the tongue, vowels can be classified into______________? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics

According to the part of the tongue that is raised, vowels can be classified into__________?

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics /
According to the part of the tongue that is raised, vowels can be classified into__________?

A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels
B. Front vowels & back vowels
C. High vowels & low vowels
D. Tense vowels &lax vowels

According to the part of the tongue that is raised, vowels can be classified into__________? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics

The phonemes which do not occur in the same linguistic environment and which when occur so, do not bring about a change in meaning are said to be in __________?

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics /
The phonemes which do not occur in the same linguistic environment and which when occur so, do not bring about a change in meaning are said to be in __________?

A. Complementary distribution
B. Contrastive distribution
C. Non__complementary distribution
D. None of the abovE.

The phonemes which do not occur in the same linguistic environment and which when occur so, do not bring about a change in meaning are said to be in __________? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics

The pronunciation of English practised by the educated people at the public schools came to be called____________?

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics /
The pronunciation of English practised by the educated people at the public schools came to be called____________?

A. Standard English
B. Received Pronunciation
C. Standard pronunciation
D. Recognized pronunciation

The pronunciation of English practised by the educated people at the public schools came to be called____________? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics

The word ‘examination’ is a ____________word?

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics /
The word ‘examination’ is a ____________word?A. Monosyllabic
B. Disyllabic
C. Try syllabic
D. Polysyllabic

The word ‘examination’ is a Polysyllabic word. The basic unit of speech is syllable.one vowel sound is one syllable. words which have more than 3 syllables is called poly syllabic word.
Ex: examination, contamination, dictionary, independence, discrimination. etc

 

The word ‘examination’ is a ____________word? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics

The clear /l/ and the dark /l/ may be considered to be the ______________________of the same phoneme /l/?

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics /
The clear /l/ and the dark /l/ may be considered to be the ______________________of the same phoneme /l/?

A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Morpheme variants
D. Minimal pairs

The clear /l/ and the dark /l/ may be considered to be the ______________________of the same phoneme /l/? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics