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1
Subpeona is a
writ ordering a person to class
service granted by the court
writ ordering a person to court
penalty by the police
2
According to research, who are said to occupy more talk time in mixed gender interactions?
Bossy people
Men
Chimpanzees
Women
3
Which type of adjective can be found in the sentence 'Santa's elves are the greatest.'?
Comparative
Predicative
Attributive
Superlative
4
What is 'y'know' in the utterance 'it's just (.) y'know (.) not that easy'?
Micropause
Paralanguage
Hedging
Intensifier
5
What is the linguistic term for small talk?
Prosody
Phonology
Phatic
Paralinguistic
6
In what stage of spoken language acquisition do children begin to use determiners?
Early telegraphic stage
Pre-linguistic stage
Later telegraphic stage
Holophrastic stage
7
Who states: language is a result of interaction of a child's cognitive & linguistic development
Piaget
Chomsky
Yoda
Baker
8
Fairclough's theory about language change centrally concerns the process of
Informalisation
Codification
Neatening
Technological innovation
9
Who commissioned an authorised version of the bible, leadingto standardised religiousliterature
James 1
Charles 1
King Alfred the Great
Elizabeth 1
10
Which type of clause begins with the word 'If'?
Reflexive
Conditional
Relative
Conditioner
11
The language used by the Navy is called...
Hackspeak
Manspeak
Napspeak
Jackspeak
12
Which of the following relates to prosody?
Word stress
Volume
Pitch
Intonation
13
"Drinkie" is what?
Diminutive
Assimilation
Substitution
Milk
14
Which of the following is not a type of verb?
Dynamic
Abstract
Stative
Modal
15
Which of the following features are commonly found in newspaper articles?
Bigotry
Journalese
Compression
Libel
16
Which term refers to the layout of a text (the way it looks)?
Phonology
Discourse
Graphology
Morphology
17
Who studied the IRF structure?
Obarr & Atkins
Sinclair & Coulthard
Kim Elder
Lakoff
18
The Damp Spoon Syndrome representing the fact that language changes due to laziness is a
truth
exaggeration
ambiguity
myth
19
Which of the following is an example of a possessive determiner?
You
My
They
It
20
When does instruction for precise language acquisition begin in Jonas's community?
Age 5
Age 11
At birth
Age 3
21
'Code brown' is jargon from which occupation?
Medical
Law
Restaurant
Floristry
22
'Pick up' consists of a dynamic verb and a particle. What is this known as?
Phrasal noun
Verb phrase
Phrasal verb
Particle phrase
23
What is the second stage of spoken language acquisition?
Early telegraphic stage
Pre-linguistic stage
Two word stage
Holophrastic stage
24
Gender as essence is...
Gender is a fixed biological construct
Gender is down to social constructs
Gender is fluid
Gender is a fixed biochemical construct
25
Who proposed a critical period for language acquisition?
Erik Thiessen
Michael Halliday
Eric Lenneberg
Jacques Mehler
26
Which of the following is a form of negative politeness?
Using offensive language
Being apologetic
Hedging
Fighting
27
Which sentence function is most commonly used to inform?
Interrogative
Imperative
Declarative
Exclamative
28
Which form of verb usually ends with '-ing'?
Past particle
Present participle
Past participle
Present particle
29
Language development is parallel with development of knowledge.
Innate
Social Interactionist
Behaviourism
Cognitive Theory
30
Which punctuation mark gives it's name to the rarest of sentence functions?
.
?
!
...
31
Katherine Nelson found what?
55% of early words are nouns
60% of early words are nouns
65% of early words are nouns
Children are stupid
32
What is Child Directed Speech?
The language used by children when addressing adults.
The imitation of humourous noises by children.
The language used by adults when addressing children.
The use of adjectives in a phrase.
33
In the Brummie dialect, what does the word 'blart' mean?
bribe
sob
fart
drunk
34
Which of the following is a famous linguist?
David Crystal
Carol Ann Duffy
Angela Carter
Richard Branson
35
Which of the following is NOT an example of semantic change in language
Amielioration
polysemy
style shifting
Broadening
36
Which term refers to individuals deliberately changing their language to suit the context?
Divergence
Convergence
Code switching
Accommodation
37
Which type of noun is 'Exeter College'?
Attributive
Proper
Abstract
Common
38
Which type of adjective must be found in a noun phrase?
Evaluative
Attributive
Descriptive
Comparative
39
Which of the following will not affect the development of a child's language use? (< 1 year)
Gender
Bilingualism
Educational/social status of their family
Exposure to children of a similar age
40
What stage of language acquisition occurs approx at 24-36 months?
Adulthood
Two-Word
Telegraphic
Cooing
41
When is the Language Acquisition Device activated?
When mothers interacts with their babies.
When children are in their critical period.
When children are in their sensitive period.
When children are exposed to language that is produced by other people.
42
Who studied children’s overextensions and their understanding of same errors?
Eric Lenneberg
Elizabeth Spelke
David Crystal
Thomson & Chapman
43
How are magazine articles beginning to address men in ways that previously only women were?
Wearing high heels
Looking good
Sexualisation
Weight loss
44
According to research, who tends to use more hedging and intensifiers in spoken language?
Indecisive people
Men
People who don't know the answer
Women
45
Which sentence function is used most commonly to instruct?
Imperative
Declarative
Interrogative
Exlamative
46
Which term refers to sounds in language?
Graphology
Discography
Phonology
Morphology
47
Which type of phrase is 'Diet alert!'?
Verb phrase
Abstract noun phrase
Postmodified noun phrase
Premodified noun phrase
48
What year did Jennifer Coates carry out her research into Gender?
1995
1996
1997
1998
49
Which word is known as the third person singular subject pronoun?
You
I
He
She
50
Which theorist believed that imitation was the primary method of language acquisition?
Bruner
Chomsky
Skinner
Brown
51
Which topic have you enjoyed the most?
CLA
Gender
Occupation
Accent and Dialect
52
Minimal responses, greater range of intonation, hedges and indirect request are from..
Lakoff
Tannen
Fishman
Beattie
53
The child memorises the mother's voice whilst in the womb
Fernald and Mazzie
Plowden
DeCasper and Fifer
Petito et al
54
As children have the capacity to learn any language the LAD cannot be specific to one language
Potato
True
False
55
Which of the following is not commonly found in advertising?
Ambiguity
Present tense
Otter words
Avoidance of negatives
56
What are the latest (last) sounds a child is expected to make when developing language?
t, ng, k, g, f, v, ch, j,
m, t, y, n, v, ch,
sh, th, s, z, l, r, zh,
m, b, y, n, w, d, p, h,
57
The behavioral approach of language acquisition emphasizes that:
The caregiver is the only person who can teach a child
Children's language learning is innate
Chewbacca is the most underrated character in star wars
Children learn to speak by imitation
58
From where does the idea of morals originate?
Our parents
Religion
Television
Fairy tales
59
In the chapters you were set to revise what is Haugen's third stage of standardisation
Complication
Elaboration
Installation
Abberation
60
Technology is a driving force in the random change of language because
Users online can collaborate, interact and be creative
The internet tracks patterns of usage
The privacy shield allows for creativity
Virtual change goes unnoticed
61
Who studied zebra finches and their innate song patterns.
Lev Vygotsky
George Braine
Ofer Tchernichovski
Cameron-Faulkner
62
the S curve model views language change as
highly organic, initially gradual and then peaking
only applies to phonological change
controlled by external factors such as class barriers
occurs at precise points of time and is used by all speaker
63
Which Language Theorist believed that language is innate and we learn through our Language Acquisition Device (LAD)?
Burrhus Skinner
Roger Brown
Noam Chomsky
Jerome Bruner
64
Language acquisition device (LAD)
Language behavior is seen as the production of desired responses to stimuli
The ability to distinguish speech sounds from other sounds in the envmt.
The ability to speak properly.
65
Which type of word must be used to link two parts of a compound sentence?
Abstract noun
Auxiliary verb
Subordinating conjunction
Coordinating conjunction
66
Identify the type of verb in the sentence 'Santa was jolly.'
Dynamic
Auxiliary
Stative
Modal auxiliary
67
Which kind of sentence type is 'Definitely.'?
Compound
Simple
Word
Minor
68
Which feature might writers commonly use to create a positive relationship with their reader?
Colloquialisms
Familiar phrases
High formality
Low frequency lexis
69
A child shows deliberate meaning through word choice but single words stand for sentences.
Pre-verbal
Two word
Telegraphic
Holophrastic
70
Who carried out the Wug test?
Jean-Berko-Gleason
Jean Aitchison
George Braine
Deb Roy
71
Which of the following is known as the indefinite article?
The
A/An
No
Maybe
72
Which type of noun is 'love'?
Proper
Common
Concrete
Abstract
73
Men, concerned with status and autonomy. Women think about closeness and support
Conflict vs compromise
Advice vs Understanding
Order vs Proposal
Independence vs intimacy
74
"gatgatgatdennitmammymammy uhuhuhuhmananathee" What is this an example of?
Cooing
Pre-verbal
Variegated babbling
Reduplicated babbling
75
Which sentence type is 'When I was young, I got a lot of presents.'
Simple
Minor
Compound
Complex
76
Which of the following is known as the definite article?
A/An
The
My
Yes
77
If there are 3 verbs in a sentence, how many clauses are there?
2
3
1
4
78
Which assessment objective asks for critical understanding of concepts and issues?
AO1
AO2
AO3
AO4
79
Which of the following is not a clause element?
Complement
Verb
Compliment
Subject
80
Which type of sentence contains a subordinate clause?
Compound
Compound-complex
Simple
Complex
81
Which technique has been used to create humour in the image?
Nouns
Bright colours
Play on words
Interrogatives
82
What theory does Pinker sit with?
Interactional
Cognitive
Nativist
Behavioural
83
Which of the following is not a type of noun?
Gerund
Evaluative
Abstract
Concrete
84
Which of the following is NOT a word formation process
clipping
coinage
collocation
affixation
85
What is rhetoric?
Pointless language
Reasoned and evidenced ideas
Language to make people do what you want them to
Persuasive language
86
Which of the following is not one of Grice's conversational maxims?
Manner
Quality
Relevance
Politeness
87
Which of the following is not an example of a conversational marker?
So
The
Well
Now
88
Swift protested against the process of
lexical development
literary influences on language
profit made by publishing dictionaries
gender inequalities in language
89
'The weather outside is frightful' follows which syntax?
S+O+V+A
S+A+V+C
S+V+O+A
S+V+O
90
Substratum theory focuses on
gaps in lexis predicting patterns of usage
relationship between language and thought
influences of dialect and other languages on English
random fluctuation
91
Who researched the gender similarities hypothesis?
Simion West
Coates
Janet Hyde
Obar & Atkins
92
Which type of alliteration is 'slow souping'?
Plosive
Sibilant
Aspirant
Bilabial
93
There is an attachment bond between caregiver and child.
True
False
94
What is the primary function of advertising?
Advise
Instruct
Inform
Persuade
95
Which of the following terms relies on an understanding of situational context?
Pragmatics
Deixis
Syntax
Anaphora
96
Stereotypically, who are said to enjoy magazine articles about fashion, beauty and weight loss?
Women
Sports professionals
Shallow people
Men
97
What were the findings of the Korean Pilot study?
Language was not deficient, Americans used too many idioms
Language was deficient, Americans used too many abbreviation
Language was not deficient, Americans used too many words
Language was not deficient, Americans used many abbreviation
98
Haliday proposed how many functions of child language?
10
12
7
5
99
What theory suggests language acquisition is part of a wider development of understanding?
social interactionist
behaviourist
nativist
cognitive
100
Berko and Brown 'Fis Phenomenon' works well with which theorist
Chomsky
Pinker
Piaget
Skinner
