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Which among the following is an exception to the property of arbitrariness of language ?
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Homophones
C. Homonyms
D. Portmanteau
Which among the following is not an aim of linguistics_______________?
A. To study the nature of language
B. To establish a theory of language
C. To propound stories of the origin of language
D. To describe a language and all languages
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in polite requests________________?
A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above
The –or in actor is_________________?
A. An adjective forming morpheme
B. Plural morpheme
C. Possessive morpheme
D. Noun forming morpheme
The term semiology was introduced by_____________?
A. Charles Sanders Pierce
B. Ferdinand de Saussure
C. Noam Chomsky
D. Edward Sapir
The final sounds /t/, /d/, and /id/ in the words packed, bagged and patted are instances of__________?
A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Minimal pairs
D. None of the above
Words which represent the sounds of their referents are called___________________?
A. Portmanteau
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Clipping
D. Metanalysis
The Yo__He__Ho Theory of the origin of language was advanced by ____________?
A. Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget
B. Noire
C. Max__Muller
D. Otto Jepersen
The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time is called________________?
A. Synchronic
B. Diachronic
C. Semiotic
D. Onomatopoeic
________ is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme ?
A. Syllable
B. Stress
C. Intonation
D. Pitch.
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