Intro to linguistics
1.
What is language?
2.
What are the characteristics of language?
3.
Define the following with examples for four only :
a.
Displacement
b.
Arbitrariness
c.
Productivity
d.
Cultural transmission
e.
Duality
4.
What is linguistics?
5.
What is morphology?
6.
What are the morpheme types?
7.
How many morphemes in each word:
a.
Trees
b.
Blackboard
c.
Unhappy
d.
Expense
8.
What is the inflectional morpheme?
9.
What are the eight
inflectional affixes in English language? With examples
10.
What is total inversion? With examples?
11.
Write the two morphemes for this blending words:
a.
Electrocute
……………………………… + ………………………………………… .
b.
Brash
……………………………… + …………………………………………
c.
Smug ………………………………
+ …………………………………………
d.
Snazzy
……………………………… + …………………………………………
e.
Brunch
……………………………… + …………………………………………
12.
What do these abbreviations stand for?
KSA ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
USA ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
NATO ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Scuba ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13.
What is the meaning of syntax?
14.
Analyse the following sentences structures into their constituents:
a.
The duck left the pool.
b.
The students do these mistakes.
c.
The teacher answered the questions.
d.
The good players won the cup.
15.
What are the types of phrases?
16.
Set examples for the followings:
a.
Simple sentence
b.
Compound sentence
c.
Complex sentences.
17.
What is the difference between denotation and connotation? With
examples?
18.
Underline the agent and patient in each of the following sentences:
a.
Ahmed pushed Ali.
b.
Ahmed was pushed by Ali.
19.
Define the following features with examples :
a.
Synonymy
b.
Antonomy
c.
Hyponymy
d.
Homophones
e.
Homonyms
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