QUESTIONNAIRE

PREPARED BY:

SHANE JOLYNE S. AIDON

BSED-4

SUBMITTED TO:

ROSE MARIE CANGAS

SUBJECT TEACHER
 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
Directions: Choose the correct answer from the given options and encircle the letter of your
choice.
1. It is a system that associates sounds (or gestures) with meanings in a way that uses words
and sentences.
a. Linguistics c. Language
b. Science d. Registers

2. The scientific study of language is called ________________.

a. Morphology c. Pragmatics
b. Syntax d. Linguistics

3. It attempts to make practical use of the knowledge derived from general linguistic research
in order to help people learn foreign language more efficiently.
a. Applied Linguistics c. Registers in English
b. Prescriptivism d. Descriptivism

4. It is a language system or set of principles that underlie a language.

a. Words c. Grammar
b. Numbers d. Structure

5. The knowledge of language that allows a person to produce and understand utterances.
a. Mental Grammar c. Grammar
b. English Grammar d. Applied Grammar

6. It is the production and perception of speech sound as physical entities.

a. Phonology c. Phonetics
b. Morphology d. Morphemes

7. The sound patterns and of sounds as abstract entities is called __________.

a. Phonology c. Phonetics
b. Morphology d. Pragmatics

8. It refers to the word structure and of systematic relations between words.

a. Phonology c. Semantic
b. Morphology d. Morphemes

9. It is the building blocks of words, the smallest linguistic unit which has a meaning or
grammatical function.
a. Syntax c. Phonetics
 b. Morphology d. Morphemes

10. It refers to the phrase and sentence structure.

a. Pragmatics c. Syntax
b. Morphemes d. Semantic

11. It is the literal meaning of sentences, phrases, words and morphemes.

a. Denotative c. Connotative
b. Definition d. Semantics

12. What do you call the study of language usage, especially how context influences the
interpretation of utterances?
a. Grammar c. Definition
b. Pragmatics d. Phonology

13. The word “communication” is derived from the Latin word “communis” which means
_____________.
a. To write c. To speak
b. To share d. To create

14. Cold fire, sweet sorrow and silent scream are examples of _________________.
a. Anaphora c. Idiom
b. Metonymy d. Oxymoron

15. Ronald is about to buy a book. After taking a book from the display shelf, he looked at the title,
opened it and looked at the table of contents, then the summary found at the back cover. He realized
that what he took from the shelf is not what he needs. Which of the following strategies do you think
did Ronald do to decide why he does not need it?
a. Scanning c. Close Reading
b. Careful Slow Reading d. Skimming
16. It is a repetition of sentences using the same structure.
a. Adage c. Aphorism
b. Parallelism d. Pastoral

17. It is a variety of language used by an individual.

a. Language c. Dialect
b. Idiolect d. English

18. ____________ is the arrangement of word to create a phrase or sentence in language.

a. Syntax c. Registers
b. Semantic d. Morphology
19. A statement which can contain two or more meanings.
a. Ambiguity c. Anecdote
b. Epigraph d. Foil

20. A mild word or phrase which substitutes for another which would be undesirable because it is too
direct, unpleasant, or offensive.
a. Euphemism c. Genre
b. Epithet d. Picaresque Novel

21. A phrase that is common in everyday, unconstrained conversation, rather than in formal speech,
academic writing, or paralinguistics.
a. Classicism c. Anachronism
b. Realism d. Colloquialism

22. A play on words wherein a word is used to convey two meanings at the same time.
a. Pun c. Satire
b. Hyperbole d. Paradox

23. When was the first Oxford English Dictionary published?

a. 1830 c. 1855
b. 1884 d. 1898

24. It refers to the very vague, elusive way in which certain sounds “feel” more appropriate for
describing certain objects or meanings than do other sounds.
a. Sound Symbols c. Imagery
b. Symbols d. Sound

25. Language is arbitrary. This phrase is ___________.

a. True c. False
b. Either true or false d. None of the above

26. Within formal language instruction, what was the only approach for teaching pronunciation
used before the late 19th century?
a. Intuitive-imitative c. Imitative
b. Mimetic d. Form

27. Naturalistic methods take an intuitive-imitative approach in the order to give the learners
the opportunity to _______ the target sound system.
a. Know c. Internalize
b. Give d. Adopt

28. What influence did the cognitive approach (1960s) have on pronunciation instruction?
 a. It deemphasized pronunciation instruction
b. It improves schema
c. It enhance the four macro skills
d. It creates mastery on pronunciation

29. What drill was derived from the notion of contrast in structural linguistics?
a. Didactic pair c. No pair
b. Minimal pair d. Trio pair

30. What concept refers to a language's particular audible characteristics, beyond its vowel
and consonant inventory and its characteristic stress and pitch patterns?
a. Voice quality c. Reading skill
b. Writing skill d. Auditory quality

31. There is some research that proposes a focus on ______ is more likely to produce
improvements in intelligibility and comprehensibility than focus on segmentals?
a. Satire c. Prosody
b. Pun d. Episodic

32. How many diphthongs are said to be in NAE?

a. 1 c. 2
b. 3 d. 4

33. What type of evaluation is used for the purposes of screening or placement?
a. Diagnostic c. Summative
b. Segmentation d. Self-Monitor

34. A figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs.

a. Inference c. Imagery
b. Hyperbole d. Narrator

35. The emotional content of a word.

a. Connotation c. Figurative Language
b. Denotation d. Epic

36. The dictionary definition of a word.

a. Connotation c. Dictionary
b. Denotation d. Epithet
37. A figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without
the use of the words "like" or "as."
a. Simile c. Metaphor
b. Analogy d. Soliloquy

38. A statement which lessens or minimizes the importance of what is meant.

a. Verisimilitude c. Understatement
b. Colloquialism d. Hyperbole

39. It refers to the author's choice of words.

a. Epic c. Diction
b. Syntax d. Genre

40. Which error is made when the students reads FEATHER for FATHER?
a. Graphophonic c. Semantic
b. Pragmatic d. Syntactic
41. Which activity makes use of the ELKONIN boxes?
a. Sound Watching c. Sound Blending
b. Segmentation d. Sound Isolation

42. What kind of word is TELECAST?

a. Blend c. Acronym
b. Borrowed d. Clipped

43. What system do students use in capitalization and punctuation rules?

a. Pragmatic c. Semantic
b. Phonological d. Syntactic

44. An interior monologue is prepared when one is:

a. Reviewing events c. Planning
b. Making a decision d. Arguing

45. Which integrates the other language arts?

a. Listening c. Reading
b. Writing d. Talking

46. The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work.
a. Characterization c. Simile
b. Metaphor d. Foil
47. It refers to an overused expression.
a. Motif c. Pun
b. Oxymoron d. Cliché

48. The author's use of figurative language, diction, sound effects and other literary devices.
a. Mood c. Tone
b. Theme d. Style

49. A way of saying one thing and meaning something else in literature.
a. Apostrophe c. Figure of Speech
b. Figurative Language d. Anecdote
50. Vocabulary understood by members of a profession or trade but usually not by other
members of the general public.
a. Motif c. Jargon
b. Vernacular d. Invective

51. Meaning is in:

a. Words c. Situations
b. People d. School

52. A baseball umpire who has studied general-semantics would probably say:
a. I call 'em as l see 'em c. until I call 'em they ain't
b. I call 'em as they are d. the umpire is always right

53. All these are examples of pre-scientific systems of meaning except:

a. Primitivism c. Magic
b. Absolutism d. Multi-ordinality

54. The structural differential refers to:

a. Order of abstraction c. Engineering
b. Time-binding d. Linguistics

55. The self-reflexive aspect of language means:

a. The clever use of language
b. The dictionary as the absolute arbiter of meaning
c. The limitations of words being used to explain other words
d. The uselessness of language

56. All these are examples of extensional devices except:

 a. Etc. c. Indexing
b. Stereotyping d. Dating

57. The word "general" in general-semantics refers to:

a. Not being limited only to language
b. Including all the languages of the world
c. Including all semantic theories
d. Being the most useful semantic theory

58. Time-binding is defined as:

a. A general theory of history
b. An analysis of how man structures his time
c. Man's rush to accomplish things
d. Man's ability to pass on knowledge to future generations

59. Korzybski regarded general-semantics as a (n):

a. Educational discipline c. Linguistic discipline
b. Engineering discipline d. Religion

60. A major difficulty with the Aristotelian approach to language is:

a. Its poor grammar c. Its two-valued orientation
b. Its weak lexicography d. Its Greek translation

61. The principle of non-identity postulates that:

a. No two objects are exactly identical
b. People do not have identities
c. It is better for people to not develop identities
d. There is no such thing as identity

62. The pioneer work in general-semantics is:

a. Language in Thought and Action c. Science and Sanity
b. Language Habits in Human Affairs d. The Use and Misuse of Language

63. Whenever we abstract we:

a. Communicate more completely c. Increase human knowledge
b. Leave characteristics out d. Semantic theory

64. The following are all semantic assumptions underlying the scientific method of the
twentieth century except:
 a. The map is not the territory c. The map equals the territory
b. A fact is a rapidly aging event d. The universe "is" a verb

65. The following are all principles of perception except:

a. We tend to see all that is in our environment
b. We tend to see what we expect to see
c. We tend to see what suits our purposes at the time
d. We tend to see what our background has prepared us to see

66. Elementalism is:

a. Starting with the simple premises first
b. Describing only obvious characteristics
c. Our tendency to let words make us think of things in isolation
d. The building block of general-semantics

67. Korzybski believed most people were:

a. Unsane c. Sane
b. Insane d. Hopelessly confused

68. The closest level on the structural differential to process reality would be:
a. The abstract level c. The atomic level
b. The descriptive level d. The object level

69. The purpose of the structural differential is to:

a. Explain engineering terms in lay language
b. Show that there is a true reality
c. Exemplify the meaninglessness of language
d. Help people understand the relationships among levels of abstraction

70. A person's semantic reaction is:

a. One's complete reaction as a complicated human being
b. One's verbal reaction on different levels
c. One's ability to classify his language
d. One's ability to understand general-semantics

71. An example of how words use us is:

a. Thinking happiness is an operational definition
b. Doing arithmetic
c. Asking for directions
d. Describing an experiment
72. General semantics has been shown to be effective in all these areas except:
a. Increasing critical thinking c. Stopping wars
b. Increasing creativity d. Decreasing prejudice

73. General semantics is most based on the principles of:

a. Engineering c. Science
b. Education d. Linguistics

74. General semantics postulates that:

a. Language should bear close correspondence to "reality"
b. Language can never approximate "reality"
c. It is futile to describe "reality"
d. There is no "reality"

75. The "natural" order of abstracting involves:

a. Non-verbal experiences to descriptions to inferences
b. Opinions should precede facts
c. A chaotic view of evaluation
d. Something beyond human capacity

76. According to Korzybski, general-semantics can be learned:

a. Only by college students
b. Only by those who first study linguistics
c. Quite easily by children
d. Only by those who have read Science and Sanity

77. Examples of intentional thinking are most likely found in:

a. Novels c. Subpoenas
b. Physics texts d. Arithmetic books

78. "Projection" refers to the way:

a. We use semantics to understand "reality"
b. Certain objects project universal characteristics
c. We transfer our own feelings and evaluation to objects outside of us
d. Certain objects are universally defined

79. Twentieth century science deals mainly with:

a. Circular reasoning c. Operational definitions
b. The universe as a noun d. Universal absolutes
80. Korzybski wrote about the concept of "logical fate" which means:
a. Particular consequences flow from particular assumptions
b. The universe is a logical place
c. Fate is a rational enterprise
d. Everything can be discovered

81. E -prime is a way to:

a. Eliminate uses of the verb "to be" c. Analyze prime numbers
b. Study words that contain the letter "e" d. Remember the slogan - "E for Effort"

82. IFD disease refers to:

a. Idealization, leading to frustration, to demoralization
b. A biological virus
c. An extensional outlook
d. A chronic condition that can't be remedied

83. The use of the word "etc ." from a general-semantics viewpoint is an example of :
a. Sloppy English c. Lazy thinking
b. The futility of language d. Non-allness

84. The formulation that terms can be assigned different meanings depending on level of
abstraction is known as:
a. Paradoxical intention c. Organism as a whole in environments
b. Undefined terms d. Multiordinality

85. Two-valued maps are:

a. Multiordinal c. Useful at times
b. Non-Aristotelian d. Useless

86. Symbol reactions are:

a. Automatic c. Impulsive
b. Undifferentiating d. Delayed

87. Which is not a general-semantics term:

a. Structure c. Order
b. Law of the excluded middle d. Relations

88. An example of a "useless" question is:

 a. Why are people so unkind? c. Why didn't you wait for me?
b. Where can I learn to swim? d. What would you like to do today?

89. Terms that are described mostly by intension without reference to facts are known as:
a. Indexed c. Over/under defined
b. Dated d. Variables

90. General Semanticists believe that:

a. Similarities are more important than differences
b. Language is not important
c. The word "all" should never be used
d. Human evaluating involves uncertainty

91. What is considered one of the more efficient ways to assess the proficiency of a learner
while also being considered a learning tool?

a. Dictation c. Memorized
b. Writing d. Rubric

92. A figure of speech in which something non-human is given human characteristics.

a. Understatement c. Symbolism
b. Nihilism d. Personification

93. What concept refers to learners' existing knowledge structures, which are said to be used
to interpret new information?

a. Knowledge c. Tabularasa
b. Schema d. Scheme

94. What is a vowel sound followed by a nonadjacent glide within the same syllable called?

a. Diphthong c. Consonant
b. Vowel d. Phonemes

95. How many phrases of pronunciation practice are suggested within the communicative
framework?

a. 1 c. 2
b. 3 d. 4

96. A type of character that changes during the course of a story is called ___________.
 a. Flat Character c. Static Character
b. Round Character d. Dynamic Character

97. Cold fire, sweet sorrow and silent scream are examples of _________________.

a. Anaphora c. Idiom
b. Metonymy d. Oxymoron

98. A figure of speech used to show an omission of information or a pause or break.

a. Anaphora c. Ellipses
b. Alliteration d. Onomatopoeia

99. How many women are _______ in your class?

a. They’re c. There
b. Then d. Their

100. What is the primary bottom-up processing skill that listeners perform?

a. Segmentation c. Dictation
b. Echo reading d. Decoding
ANSWER KEY INTRO TO 33. A 67. A
LINGUISTICS
34. B 68. C
1. C
35. A 69. D
2. D
36. B 70. A
3. A
37. A 71. A
4. C
38. C 72. C
5. A
39. C 73. C
6. C
40. A 74. A
7. A
41. B 75. A
8. B
42. A 76. C
9. D
43. D 77. A
10. C
44. B 78. C
11. D
45. B 79. C
12. B
46. A 80. A
13. B
47. D 81. A
14. D
48. D 82. A
15. D
49. B 83. D
16. B
50. C 84. D
17. B
51. B 85. C
18. A
52. C 86. D
19. A
53. D 87. B
20. A
54. A 88. A
21. D
55. C 89. C
22. A
56. B 90. D
23. B
57. A 91. A
24. A
58. D 92. D
25. A
59. A 93. B
26. A
60. C 94. A
27. C
61. A 95. B
28. A
62. C 96. D
29. B
63. B 97. D
30. A
64. C 98. C
31. C
65. A 99. C
32. B
66. C 100. A