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Linguistics

Quiz by Brendon Emmanuel

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  • Q1
    What language family does English belong to?
    Indo-European
    Uralic
    Afro-Asiatic
    Sino-Tibetan
    15s
  • Q2
    What is the term for a word that sounds like what it describes, such as 'buzz'?
    Alliteration
    Onomatopoeia
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q3
    What is the study of the sound system of language called?
    Morphology
    Semantics
    Phonology
    Syntax
    30s
  • Q4
    Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?
    French
    German
    Italian
    Spanish
    30s
  • Q5
    What is the term for the study of meaning in language?
    Phonetics
    Syntax
    Pragmatics
    Semantics
    30s
  • Q6
    What is a dialect?
    A form of slang
    A written language
    A foreign language
    A regional variation of a language
    30s
  • Q7
    What is the term for the study of the structure of words?
    Semantics
    Morphology
    Phonology
    Syntax
    30s

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