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The /k/ sound in ‘act’and ‘picture’ is a____________?
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A. Bilabial plosion
B. Alveolar plosion
C. Nasal plosion
D. Incomplete plosion.
______________is concerned with the selection and organization of speech sounds in a language?
A. Phonology
B. Morphology
C. Semantics
D. Syntax
Which among the following does not constitute the scientific nature of linguistics_____________?
A. Systematic gathering and analysis of data
B. Determination of causal relationship between facts
C. Chronological presentation of data
D. Verification, validation and generalization.
__________________________is the study of how the mentally represented grammar of language is employed in the production and comprehension of speech?
A. Socio__linguistics
B. Psycho__linguistics
C. Neuron__linguistics
D. Physio –linguistics
Words such as ‘smog’ and ‘motel’ are instances of ____________?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation
______________involves a different analysis of the structure of the word by attaching a consonant at the end of a word or a vowel at the beginning of the next word ?
A. Portmanteau
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Clipping
D. Met analysis
__________________is the accent on certain words within the a sentence?
A. Semantics
B. Syntax
C. Sentence__stress
D. None of the above
________________is the totality of the speech habits of an individual?
A. Dialect
B. Idiolect
C. Register
D. Slang
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