Remnant Christian Colleges-Palawan

Introduction to Linguistics
Midterm Examination

Name: ____________________________________ Date: _________ Score: ______

I Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer before the number.

1. The difference in meaning between pair of phrase below is a function of ____________.

a. stress c. juncture
b. pitch keep sticking keeps ticking d. intonation

2. When teaching pluralization of regular nouns, the teacher may include a pronunciation lesson on
plural nouns ending in _______________.
a. /s/, /z/, / z/ c. /d/, /t/, / d/
e
b. /s/, //, // d. /t/, /d/, /de d/
e
3. In keeping with the Audiolingual Method, teaches may employ ________ in conducting an
intensive oral drill in given structure.
a. pair work b. explanation of rules c. pattern practice d. simulation and role play

4. Cognitivists believe that language can be acquired in an amazingly short time, thus, they believe
that language is ______.
a. universal b. innate c. a mental phenomenon d. creative

5. Filipino learners of English who cannot correctly produce the initial sound of the word thin are
likely to replace it with ___.
a. /d/ b. /t/ c. // d. /s/

6. The English phonemic symbol that matches the following articulatory description: voiced velar
nasal is ___.
a. /m/ b. /r/ c. // d. /n/

7. It is a function of intonation that allows the speaker to express emotions.

a. grammatical b. accentual c. attitudinal d. discourse

8. _______ is a distinctive contrasted sound unit.

a. allophone b. phonology c. semantics d. phoneme

9. In ____________________ theory, language learning is regarded as a behavior, not a mental

phenomenon.
a. Cognitive learning c. Transformationist
b. Krashens Monitor Model d. Behaviorist learning

10. That all children the world over acquire a mother tongue supports the idea that language is
_________.
a. creative b. conventional c. arbitrary d. universal

11. Learners who cannot accurately produce the final sound of the word clothe is likely to say it with
___.
a. /d/ b. // c. // d. /t/

12. _____ refers to the frequency of vibration of vocal folds.

a. Tone b. Intonation c. Diphthong d. Pitch

13. A teaching syllabus that revolves around a system structure follows what language view?
a. structuralists b. cognitivists c. functionalists f. interactionists

14. Following the behaviorists belief in learning a second language, teachers immediately correct
errors in pronunciation and grammar so that mistakes ____________________.
a. sustain practice in language use
b. become automatic and spontaneous
c. will not hinder fluency
d. do not become habits

15. The IPA transcription that represents the word peace is _____.
a. [pis] b. [piz] c. [pez] d. [pIs]
 16. ______ are produced with the tongue in a relatively steady state throughout its articulation.
a. Vowels b. Diphthongs c. Consonants d. Pitch

17. Interpret this IPA: [det]

a. death b. debt c. date d. that

18. The minimal pair that can be used in teaching the contrast between // and /e/ is _______.
a. bat bait b. bet bat c. bet bit d. bet bait

19. Some linguists generally describe a language beginning with the phonological level and ending
with the sentence level, it is assumed that the appropriate sequence of teaching is from
_________________.
a. sound to sentence b. sound to word c. word to sentence d. sentence to word

20. In the sentence: The housing units in San Mateo, Rizal were distributed to the homeless, the
prepositional phrase in San Mateo, Rizal functions as ________________.
a. adjectival b. adverbial c. subject d. predicate

21. Syllables can be produced with different degrees of forcefulness which is called _______.
a. intonation b. stress c. phonemes d. pitch

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

23. As predicted by Krashen, the structure that is likely to be acquired late by a second language
learner is shown in the underlined item in __.
a. The woman is writing several letters.
b. Kris sang a song.
c. Annas bag is new.
d. He bought several pails in the market.

24. Showing the contrast between vowels /i/ and /I/, as in heat and hit, is best presented by using
____________.
a. analogous pairs b. dyadic pair c. minimal pair d. complementary pair

25. _________ are produced when the tongue is in constant motion throughout travelling from one
vowel position to another.
a. vowels b. diphthongs c. consonants d. pitch

26. Teachers who believe that language is a system of structures will predictably follow a teaching
syllabus that revolves around _________________________________.
a. communicative tasks c. functions of language
b. the building blocks of language d. elements and functions of language

27. The English consonant that corresponds to the following distinctive features: voiced palatal
fricative is ___.
a. /z/ b. // c. // d. //

28. When reading aloud the word computerization, one hears the primary stress fall on the _____
syllable.
a. fourth b. sixth c. first d. fifth

29. Language has no inherent relationship; that is, there is no one to one correspondence between
structure of a word in its meaning, says ______________.
a. structuralists b. functionalists c. interactionists d. transformationalists

30. Sounds produced with the lips are called ______ sounds.
a. dental b. labial c. interdentals d. alveolar

II Identification

A. Identify the Consonant Phoneme being asked in the following items.

31. /f/ voiceless_______________

32. /t/ ________alveolar________

 33. // _voiced _______ ________

34. /w/ _______________ glides_

35. /g/ _________velar_________

B. Identify the stress of the following words. Write your answer on the corresponding line.

36. political __________

37. selection __________

38. intermediate __________

39. unrecognizable __________

40. synonym __________

41. unexpected __________

42. elsewhere __________

43. decipher __________

44. information __________

45. definition __________

Bonus Question: Essay

Differentiate the four views about language. (5 pts.)