Linguistics Exam Questions With Correct
Answers.
The different - but predictable - pronunciations of a single morpheme are called __________. -
answerallomorphs
The plural form of the noun horse takes which plural allomorph? - answer[əz]
The abstract, basic units that differentiate words are ...
The different - but predictable - pronunciations of a single morpheme are called __________. -
answer✔✔allomorphs
The plural form of the noun horse takes which plural allomorph? - answer✔✔[əz]
The abstract, basic units that differentiate words are called __________. - answer✔✔phonemes
Which of the following options constitutes a minimal pair for [t] and [d]? - answer✔✔dip and tip
In English, where oral vowels occur, nasal vowels do not occur, and vice versa. This is referred
to as __________ - answer✔✔complementary distribution
Which of the following features is NOT distinctive for English consonants? -
answer✔✔aspirated
What is the English allophonic rule for the nasalization of vowels? - answer✔✔Vowels become
nasalized before nasal consonants in the same syllable
Which phonological rule makes neighboring sound segments more similar? -
answer✔✔assimilation
Which word below illustrates the process of dissimilation? - answer✔✔the word fifth being
pronounced as if it were spelled fift
What is the process of inserting a consonant or a vowel into a word during speech? -
answer✔✔epenthesis
The allophonic rule for vowel reduction in English involves changing vowels to [ə] when they
are ________. - answer✔✔unstressed
What is the rime of the word trains (/trenz/)? - answer✔✔/enz/
Which of the following non-words represents an accidental gap? - answer✔✔[khrʌk]
The limitations on sequences of sound segments in a given language are called ________
constraints. - answer✔✔phonotactic
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