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Which among the following pairs are Alveolar plosives ?
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A. /p/ & /b/
B. /m/ & /v/
C. /t/ &/d/
D. /k/ & /g/
The term semiotics was introduced by______________?
A. Charles Sanders Pierce
B. Ferdinand de sauddure
C. Noam Chomsky
D. Edward Sapir
Words such as ‘UNESCO’ and ‘RADAR’ are instances of ____________?
A. Compounding
B. Acronym
C. Re__duplicates
D. Conversion
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. Recursiveness
C. Displacement
D. Transference.
Words like ‘Buzz’, ‘Hiss’, ‘thud’ etC. which represents the sounds of their referents are known as ___________?
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Homophones
C. Homonyms
D. Portmanteau
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in tag questions which imply that the speaker is certain about what is said_____________?
A. The falling
B. The rising
C. The fall__rise
D. None of the above
Syllables in which the consonant functions as nucleus are called________?
A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the above
The word ‘bank’ in ‘on the banks on the river’ and ‘banks are financial institutions’ is called a____________?
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms
The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of __________assimilation?
A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. Reciprocal
D. None of the above
_____________________is a processes of word formation whereby new words are formed by subtracting a root by deleting final syllable which is misunderstood as a suffix?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation.
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