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1.Which of the following is not a literary device used for aesthetic effect in poetry?
A. Assonance
B. Onomatopaea
C. Rhyme
D. Assonance

2.True or false: Writing predates poetry.
A. True
B. False
C. May be
D. True

3.What is the earliest surviving European poem?
A. The Homeric epic
B. The Gilgamesh epic
C. The Deluge epic
D. The Homeric epic

4.Which of the following is not a poetic tradition?
A. The Epic
B. The Comic
C. The Occult
D. The Epic

5.Which among the following is not an aim of linguistics_______________?
A. To establish a theory of language
B. To study the nature of language
C. To propound stories of the origin of language
D. To establish a theory of language

6.Which among the following does not constitute the scientific nature of linguistics_____________?
A. Determination of causal relationship between facts
B. Systematic gathering and analysis of data
C. Chronological presentation of data
D. Determination of causal relationship between facts

7.__________________________is the study of how the mentally represented grammar of language is employed in the production and comprehension of speech?
A. Neuron__linguistics
B. Psycho__linguistics
C. Socio__linguistics
D. Neuron__linguistics

8.A person who can use more than two languages_______________?
A. Multilingual
B. Bilingual
C. Poly__lingual
D. Multilingual

9.______________refers to the linguistic norm specific to a geographical area, social class or status affecting mutual intelligibility?\
A. Dialect
B. Register
C. Idiolect
D. Dialect

10.A person who has the ability to use only one language is called__________?
A. Monologal
B. . Monolingual
C. Monologue
D. Monologal

11.A collection of similar Idiolect make up ______________?
A. Dialect
B. Register
C. Idiolects
D. Dialect

12.Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and organization of the elements of language ?
A. Parole
B. Language
C. Competence
D. Parole

13.Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussure’s Langue and Parole ?
A. Leonard bloom Filed.
B. Charles Sanders Pierce
C. Noam Chomsky
D. Leonard bloom Filed.

14.Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Langue and Parole ?
A. Noam Chomsky
B. Ferdinand de Saussure
C. Charles Sanders Pierce
D. Noam Chomsky

15.The term semiotics was introduced by______________?
A. Charles Sanders Pierce
B. Noam Chomsky
C. Ferdinand de sauddure
D. Charles Sanders Pierce

16.The type of study which focus on the analysis of the systematic interrelation of the elements of a single language at a particular time is called________________?
A. Synchronic
B. Semiotic
C. Diachronic
D. Synchronic

17.There is no positive relationship between a speech and sounD. This property of language is referred to as____________ ?
A. Arbitrariness.
B. Displacement
C. Recursiveness
D. Arbitrariness.

18.It is possible to write down spoken language and read aloud the written material. This property of language is called______________ ?
A. Duality of structure
B. Displacement
C. Recursiveness
D. Duality of structure

19.Using a finite set of rules a speaker can produce innumerable grammatical utterances. This property of language is called______________?
A. Displacement
B. Recursiveness
C. Duality of structure
D. Displacement

20.Firstly, to which of these language groups does English belong?
A. Baltic
B. Romance
C. Germanic
D. Baltic

21.In the sentence 'I took my big brown cat to the vet yesterday', which of the following does not appear?
A. Adjective
B. Preposition
C. Adverb
D. Adjective

22.What is defined as 'the study of sentence structure'?
A. Morphology
B. Semantics
C. Syntax
D. Morphology

23.Three of these languages do not have definite articles. Which one does have a structure that serves the purpose of a definite article?
A. Russian
B. Finnish
C. Latin
D. Russian

24.In dialectology, what is the line on a map called which divides areas with different forms of a word?
A. Isobar
B. Isogloss--
C. Isotherm
D. Isobar

25.The sounds of a language change over time. English spelling does not always reflect this change: how was the 'gh' in 'night' originally pronounced?
A. Like German 'ch' in 'ich', but voiced
B. Like English 'ch' in 'church'
C. Like English 'y' in 'yellow'
D. Like German 'ch' in 'ich', but voiced

26.Which of these words describes the changing of the form of a verb in order to reflect person, number, tense and mood?
A. Conjugation
B. Subordination
C. Inversion
D. Conjugation

27. The combination of sounds 'ms-' is not acceptable as the beginning of a word or syllable in English. In which of these languages is it acceptable?
A. Dutch
B. Russian
C. French
D. Dutch

28.And finally... Old Norse is almost the same as which modern Scandinavian language?
A. Danish
B. Norwegian
C. Icelandic
D. Danish

29.A large enclosure for confining birds is known as _________?
A. Aviary
B. Columbary
C. Volary
D. Aviary

30.Which of these terms refer to the study of speech process?
A. Phonology
B. Phonetic substances
C. Phonetics
D. Phonology


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