Remnant Christian Colleges-Palawan

Introduction to Linguistics
Final Examination

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _________ Score: _______

I Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer before the
number. STRICTLY NO ERASURES.

1. Interpret this IPA transcription: [bet]

a. bet b. bait c. bit d. beet

2. The word formation process involved in creating the following words from beauty is
__________. beauty beautify
beautiful
beautifully
a. derivation b. back formation c. root creation d. category extension

3. What type of illocutionary act is present in the following sentence: Why dont you like to
ski?
a. declaration b. representative c. commissive d. question

4. ________ refers to the words having the same sense.

a. Lexical ambiguity b. Synonymy c. Antonymy d. Coreference

5. The warriors run towards the enemy. The underlined group of words functions as a
___________.
a. intensifier b. verb c. subject d. verb phrase

6. Language learning practices that involves drills, pattern practice, mimicry and
memorization uphold the process of _______________ in language learning.
a. hypothesis-teaching b. overgeneralization c. simplification d. habit formation

7. The following words: lab, dorm, prof, gym, prom, and mike result from a word formation
process called ______________.
a. clipping b. mention c. blending d. derivation

8. The word formed with a derivational morpheme is _______.

a. rests b. restive c. rested d. resting

9. The sense relation between sentences (A) and (B) illustrates ________.
A. Her speech is too short. B. Her speech is not long enough.
a. synonymy b. hyponymy c. presupposition d. ambiguity

10. Winks, grunts, smiles, are examples of _________________________.

a. nonverbal communication c. verbal communication
b. vocabulary d. mannerisms
11. When second language learners of English pronounce tradegy for tragedy or revelant for
relevant, they exhibit a speech behavior that exemplifies a morphophonemic change
known as __________.
a. metathesis b. assimilation c. epenthesis d. dissimilation

12. Which of the following is a voiced bilabial stop?

a. /p/ b. /g/ c. /b/ d. /k/

13. Which word has the different sound?

a. ease b. break c. sleet d. keep

14. These are words that describe opposite ends of a continuous dimension.
a. deixis b. lexical ambiguity c. synonymy d. gradable antonym

15. What type of illocutionary act is exemplified in the following statement: I advise you to
stop smoking.
a. directive b. expressive c. question d. declaration

16. ___________ refers to the sense relation of two expressions that have the same
extralinguistic referent.
a. Homonymy b. Anaphora c. Coreference d. Entailment

17. Its going to be a very windy day, exemplifies what type of illocutionary act?
a. representative b. commissive c. directive d. expressive

18. Did you read the managers memo? The underlined word is an example of
________.
a. blend b. clipping c. antonomasia d. acronymy

19. Homophone is a type of homonym with the ________________________

characteristics:
a. the same spelling and pronunciation, different in meaning
b. the same in pronunciation, different in spelling and meaning
c. the same in spelling, different in pronunciation and meaning
d. the same in spelling and meaning, different in pronunciation

20. The use of the word deposits in the sentences below illustrates ________.
A. The Earth has vast mineral deposits. B. She regularly deposits money in the
bank.
a. synonymy b. homonymy c. hyponymy d. homophony

21. When second language learners pronounce beast as beats, prescribe as prescribe, they
demonstrate a speech behavior that illustrates a morphophonemic change known as
_________.
a. assimilation b. metathesis c. epenthesis d. dissimilation

22. Order in the court! is an example of _________ use of language.

a. phatic communion b. directive c. expressive d. informative

23. The English consonant that corresponds to the following distinctive features: voiceless
interdental fricative is ___.
 a. /p/ b. /f/ c. // d. /n/

24. Among these words: fathers, fatherhood, fathered, fathers, the one which is formed with
a derivational morpheme is ________.
a. fathers b. fathered c. fathers d. fatherhood

25. I want to pocket that smile and his words, carry them around with me like a
talisman. The word pocket is formed through a word formation process called
_________________.
a. category extension b. derivation c. clipping d. back formation

26. The following sentence is ungrammatical because it violates the rule on __________.
The RH bill is being discussed in Congress is controversy.
a. agreement b. word order c. tense d. derivation

27. What kind of word is AWOL?

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

28. In the word deceive, the primary stress falls on ______ syllable.
a. first b. second c. third d. none

29. The word that makes the following sentence ambiguous is ____. The man bought a
new pen.
a. bought b. pen c. man d. new

30. The word that is formed from a proper noun is ________.

a. motel b. edit c. AIDS d. hamburger

31. A sign in front of a construction site says, Beware of falling debris. The illocutionary
force conveyed by the signage is to ______________.
a. threaten b. apologize c. give a warning d. make an announcement

32. Trevor tells his girlfriend that he really wants Iphone 7. Trevor makes use of
_________ language.
a. directive b. informative c. phatic communion d. expressive

33. ______ refers to the characteristic of an expression that has one meaning but can refer
to different entities within the same context of utterance.
a. Syntactic ambiguity b. Hyponymy c. Homonymy d. Deixis

34. The sense relation illustrated by the following words: hotel, inn, motel, hostel is
________.
a. hyponymy b. synonymy c. ambiguity d. antonymy

35. The following words: typewrite, enthuse, escalate, and resurrect come from words that
look like their derivatives typewriter, enthusiast, escalator, and resurrection. This word
formation process is known as ______________.
a. derivation b. blending c. back formation d. etymology

36. In the word determination, the primary stress falls on what syllable?
a. Third b. fifth c. first d. fourth
 37. What kind of word is telecast?
a. blend b. acronym c. converted d. clipped

38. The words bill a written statement of money owed, and bill a birds beak are
examples of _______________.
a. homophones b. homonyms c. homographs d. synonyms

39. Filipino learners of English who experience difficulty in producing the initial sound of
the word thunder are likely to replace it with ___.
a. /d/ b. /t/ c. // d. /s/

40. Which of the following nouns shows inflection?

a. friendship b. helpful c. advocacy d. Evangelines

Test II. Matching Type. Match the items in Column A with its word formation process in
Column B. Write the letter before the number. STRICTLY NO ERASURES.

Column A Column B
41. bittersweet a. acronym
42. pub b. category extension
43. motel c. compounding
44. microwave d. derivation
45. gamble e. back formation
46. sandwich f. clipping
47. VIP g. proper name
48. friendliness h. blending
49. birth i. root creation
50. slide
51. cornflake
52. wolf
53. granola
54. mitt
55. camcorder
56. emoticon
57. fanzine
58. porn
59. sonar
60.greenery