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Linguistics Fill in the Blank Quiz
1. Ate and eight are examples of a phonological similarity called a ____________ or a
_______________.
2. Bow (to bend), bow (decorative knot), are examples of a phonological difference and
orthographic similarity called a ___________________. However, their different
semantics qualify them as __________________ also.
3. Bow (to bend) and bow(front part of a boat) phonologically the same and
orthographically but their semantics are different so they are ____________and also
__________.
4. Why is it important for teachers of ELs to know all these types of English words?
5. In morphemic analysis, you need to study the ___________ _________ and the ______
and/or ________ of multi-part words. How does this help English learners in
understanding some multisyllabic words?
6. The study of acquisition of morphemes is the basis of the ________________
____________ Hypothesis. Why?
7. If you are studying morphemes then you are studying____________________________.
8. What three things are included in the study of syntax? 1)__________________________
2) __________________________________ 3)_______________________________
9. What kind of sentence is the following: “When the tornado was near, the sky darkened
and the wind grew stronger.” _____________________________
10. If you are studying semantics, then you are studying__________________.
11. To change the active voice sentence “The poet read the poem” to a passive voice
sentence, the new sentence would
be_____________________________________________________________________.
12. When a teacher says, “Please sit down” she is trying to get the students to do
something. This is an example of a __________________________.
13. When a TV ad is talking about a sale on furniture and says “Don’t miss the boat” what
type of speech is being used? _______________________.
15 Give an example of a minimal pair: ________________ and ______________.
16 When vocal cords vibrate they produce a ______________sound.
17. Variants of phonemes are called ____________________.
18. While a consonant sound may be voiced or voiceless, all vowels are _______________.
19. Give an example an English word with a Spanish cognate ______________(English)
_________ (Spanish).
20. What has been the most important factor in the growth of English?_________________
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21. When people in the same profession use language to communicate, they frequently use
_____________ to communicate their thoughts.
22. If you are studying disglossia then you are studying __________________.
23. Register refers to the language used depending on: __________________.
24. By learning lexical chunks, ELs develop ______________.
25. A second language developer who is in the formulaic speech level knows approximately
how many receptive words _______________.
26. Syntax is acquired by second language learners _______________________.
27. Code switching refers to the ability to ___________________________.
28. The 3 components of interlanguage are __________________, ______________ and
___________.
29. A language learner having problems with simplification might say _________________
instead of _________________.
30. What are 2 strategies used in content-based learning (these are not commercial programs)?
__________________________ and ___________________
31. Incorporating prior knowledge into L2 creates _________________________ for L2s.
32. Name an instructional strategy that would promote fluency: ____________________.
33. Give an example of distortion in pronunciation _________________________________.
34. Give an example of substitution in pronunciation ____________________________.
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