Quiz 2 Linguistics PDF

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Summary

This quiz covers fundamental concepts in linguistics, such as linguistic variation, minimal pairs, and phonetic transcription. It contains multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions.

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QUIZ2 +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 1 | Linguistic variation that is | | | spoken in a particular geographic | | | location or by a cultural group...

QUIZ2 +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 1 | Linguistic variation that is | | | spoken in a particular geographic | | | location or by a cultural group | | | is called: | | | | | | a\. a symbolic language trait b. | | | an atypical speech pattern c. | | | an idolect | | | | | | **d. a dialectal difference** e. | | | none of the above. | +===================================+===================================+ | 2 | English orthography & IPA | | | transcription have a 1:1 | | | correlation: **FALSE** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 3 | A minimal pair provides evidence | | | that sounds belong to different | | | phonemes. **TRUE** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 4 | Sounds that belong to different | | | phonemes change word meaning & | | | are therefore in contrastive | | | distribution. **TRUE** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 5 | A minimal pair is a set of words | | | that differs by: | | | | | | **c. a single phoneme** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 6 | Which of the following is a | | | minimal pair? a. sighs -- size b. | | | gem -- gum | | | | | | **c. pound -- pounce** d. shark - | | | spark | | | | | | -- -- | | | | | | -- -- | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 7 | Which of the following | | | is ***not ***a minimal pair? a. | | | queen -- tween b. kicks -- six | | | | | | **c. doe -- dough** d. chews -- | | | shoes e. feel - fell | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 8 | Phonetic transcription & analysis | | | can be used to: | | | | | | a. characterize distinctive | | | features & phonological rules | | | | | | b. determine the phonetic | | | inventory of an individual or | | | a language | | | | | | c. identify speech differences | | | vs. disorders | | | | | | d. determine phonological | | | distribution of speech sounds | | | | | | e. **all of the above** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 9 | Graphemes are not phonemes: | | | **TRUE** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 10 | Which of the following refers to | | | the physical behaviors & patterns | | | of acoustic vibration that allow | | | humans to produce & transmit oral | | | language? a.linguistics b. | | | morphology **c. speech** d. | | | phonology e. pragmatics | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 11 | Create a minimal pair that proves | | | the ***[BOLD] SOUNDS  | | | ***are | | | in contrastive distribution. | | | | | | 1. **[gn]**ome | | | -- **[g]**arden - | | | not - got | | | | | | 2. beat**[s]** -- | | | drum**[s] - zip - | | | sip** | | | | | | 3. c**[l]**aws | | | -- **[t]**ail - | | | lime - time | | | | | | 4. ele**[ph]**ant -- | | | s**[q]**uid fat - | | | cat | | | | | | 5. r**[u]**ff -- | | | me**[ow]** done - | | | down | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 12 | Write Dr. Naperala\'s three rules | | | for phonetics in the blanks | | | below. | | | | | | 1. Chill 2. Trust me 3. When in | | | doubt, transcribe | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 13 | Check your ability to think in | | | sounds, not letters!!! Reverse | | | the SOUNDS in the words below to | | | generate a new word\--for | | | example. reversing the sounds in | | | the word *face *would generate | | | the word *safe *(not *cafe*). New | | | words must be spelled correctly | | | for points! | | | | | | 1. Lips - spill | | | | | | 2. Make - came | | | | | | 3. Bomb -mob | | | | | | 4. Speak = keeps | | | | | | 5. Cuts - stuck | | | | | | 6. Patch - chap | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

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