The study of how language use changes according to social context is
(a) Historical linguistics.
(b) Sociolinguistics
(c) Intercultural communication studies.
(d) Cultural anthropology.
English MCQs
A minimal unit of sound that differentiates meaning in a particular language is a
(a) Phoneme
(b) Syllable.
(c) Morpheme
(d) Vowel.
_________ is the analysis of the use of sounds to differentiate the meanings of words.
(a) Phonetics
(b) Phonology
(c) Phrenology
(d) Phonemics
Currently, most researchers believe that speech capability had developed in human ancestors by __________ years ago.
(a) 100,000 to 150,000
(b) 300,000 to 400,000
(c) 200,000 to 250,000
(d) 50,000 to 75,000
Both gorillas and chimpanzees seem to be able to __________ in a rudimentary way, although they do not seem to do so in the wild.
(a) produce syntax
(b) understand video-taped or recorded call systems
(c) form human verbal sounds
(d) understand and manipulate symbols
The ability of human language to produce messages in different times and places from the objects or events that they refer to is known as
(a) duality of patterning
(b) productivity.
(c) displacement.
(d) arbitrariness.
The study of language in use in interpersonal communication is called
(a) Syntax
(b) Lexicology
(c) Semantics
(d) Pragmatics
Study of how language is used in society is called
(a) Pragmatics
(b) Psycholinguistics
(c) Ethnography of communication
(d) Sociolinguistics
The study of cultural differences in acts of communication is called
(a) Psycholinguistics
(b) Ethnography of communication
(c) Pragmatics
(d) Sociolinguistics
The study of language with reference to human psychology is called
(a) Pragmatics
(b) Psycholinguistics
(c) Ethnography of communication
(d) Sociolinguistics