Words like ‘Buzz’, ‘Hiss’, ‘thud’ etC. which represents the sounds of their referents are known as ___________?

Related Mcqs:

_________ is the process by which one speech sound gets changed to another under the influence of another ?

A. Onomatopoeia B. Assimilation C. Regression D. Progression...

There is no positive relationship between a speech and sounD. This property of language is referred to as____________ ?

A. Arbitrariness. B. Recursiveness C. Displacement D. TransferencE....

______________ is the system of phonetic notation composed of symbols and letters devised by the International Phonetic Association?

A. The international phonetic script B. The international phonetic alphabet C. The international phonemic script D. The intelligible phonetic script....

In the pronunciation of the word ‘ink’ the alveolar /n/ becoming a velar sound is an instance of ____________?

A. Progressive B. Regressive C. Reciprocal D. None of the above...

______________________is a processes of word formation wherein new words are coined by combining the segments of two different existing words?

A. Compounding B. Portmanteau C. Derivation D. Backformation....