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Sed - English 211-Introduction To Linguistics Name: Date: Time: Course and Year

This document appears to be a preliminary examination for an Introduction to Linguistics course at Isabela State University College of Education in Cauayan City, Philippines. The exam contains questions testing knowledge of key linguistic concepts through identification, definition, analysis and short essay questions. It covers topics such as the fields of linguistics, morphology, syntax, semantics and word formation processes.

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Sed - English 211-Introduction To Linguistics Name: Date: Time: Course and Year

This document appears to be a preliminary examination for an Introduction to Linguistics course at Isabela State University College of Education in Cauayan City, Philippines. The exam contains questions testing knowledge of key linguistic concepts through identification, definition, analysis and short essay questions. It covers topics such as the fields of linguistics, morphology, syntax, semantics and word formation processes.

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Isabela State University

College of Education
Cauayan City, Isabela
PRELIM EXAMINATION
SED_English 211- INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

Name: Date:
Time: Course and Year:

I. IDENTIFICATION: Identify what is being described or referred to by the following


statements. Write your answer on your test paper.
1. It refers to the scientific study of language.
2. It is the method of human communication used by an individual or
community, spoken or written — verbal or non-verbal consisting of sounds, words, and
grammar.
3. In linguistics, it refers to the mental system involved in word formation
or to the branch of linguistics that deals with words, their internal structure and how they
are formed.
4. These words denote concepts and sometimes called open class words
because we can and regularly do add new words to these classes.
5. These kinds of words do not have clear lexical meanings and
sometimes called closed class words.
6. It refers to the minimal units of words that have a meaning and cannot
be subdivided further.
7. It can occur alone and can stand by themselves as single words.
8. These are morphemes (and not affixes) that must be attached to
another morpheme and do not have a meaning of their own.
9. It is a derivation of a word which indicated the origin of a word and the
relationship of its different meanings to one another.
10. It is a common process by which words are formed.

Il. Definition: Define the following terms:


1. Language
2. Linguistics
3. Phonetics
4. Phonology
5. Morphology
6. Syntax
7. Semantics
8. Pragmatics
9. World Englishes
10. Dictionary

Ill A. Underline the inflectional morphemes in these sentences and identify each.
1. Do you know how long I've been waiting?
2. She's younger than me and always dresses in the latest style
3. we looked through my grandmother's photo albums.

B. List the bound morphemes in these words


1. fearlessly
2. unhappier
3. shortened

C. Underline the functional morphemes in the following sentence and identify


each.
When he arrived in the morning, the old man had an umbrella and a large plastic full of
books.

IV. Identify the different word — formation processes involved in the following
sentences.
1. Don't you even worry that you might get AIDS?
2. Do you have a xerox machine?
3. That's really fandamntastic!
4. These new skateboards from Zee Designs are kickass.
5. When I'm ill, I want to see a doc, not a vet.
6. The house next door was burgled when I was babysitting the Smith's children.
7. I like this old sofa — it's nice and comfy.
8. Can you fedex the books to me today
9. Francis, could you tell the maid to be sure to hoover the bedroom carpet.
10. Would you prefer a decaf?

V. Essay: Answer substantially the following questions.


1. Why do we need to study linguistics?
2. State important distinctions between two kinds of words-content words and function
words
and give examples of each by using them in sentences.

Prepared
VISITACION T. DATUL
Subject Professor

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