INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

FINAL EXAMINATION
DECEMBER 12, 2019

Name :
NIM :

A. Choose the best answer

1. How many phonemes does the word ‘pulang’ have?
a. 6 /p u l a n g/
b. 5 /p u l a ŋ/
c. 4 /p u l ŋ/
d. 3 / p l ŋ/
2. The IPA stands for
a. International Phonetic Articulation
b. International Phonetic Alphabet
c. International Phonetic Assimilation
d. International Phonetic Approximants
3. Morphology is the branch in Linguistics that studies…
a. Meaning
b. Sounds
c. Phrase and sentence structure
d. Word formation
4. Syntax is a branch in linguistics that studies…
a. Meaning
b. Sounds
c. Phrase and sentence structure
d. Word formation
5. We classify consonants according to where the sound is made or where in the
vocal tract the airflow restriction occurs. This property of consonant is called…
a. Voicing
b. Manner of articulation
c. Place of articulation
d. Nasalisation
6. Which of the following are words that BEGIN with voiceless sounds?
a. Couch, church, cement
b. Couch, grammar, cement
c. Couch, church, big
d. Dream, church, cement

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 7. Which of the following are monosyllabic (one syllable) words?
a. Big, return, greatness
b. Resign, bring, home
c. Big, home, great
d. Return, big, home
8. The words re-born, re-sign, en-lighten, and pre-history, contain morphemes that
are attached before the root. This kind of morpheme is called....
a. A prefix
b. A suffix
c. An infix
d. A Circumfix
9. The words whit-en, dark-en, great-ness, watch-es, and mug-s, contain
morphemes that are attached after the root. This kind of morpheme is called...
a. A prefix
b. A suffix
c. An infix
d. A circumfix
10. Which of the following are examples of proper nouns?
a. Jakarta, Jayapura, Jack
b. Jalan, Jayapura, Jack
c. Jalan, jembatan, Jack
d. Jalan, jembatan, Jakarta

B. Refer to the IPA chart and give a phonetic description of the following sounds
1. [s] voiceless alveolar fricative___________
2. [t] _____________________________________
3. [b] _____________________________________
4. [n] _____________________________________
5. [r] _____________________________________
6. [s] _____________________________________
C. Label the following sentences with their syntactic category
1. Joko loves Anita
N V N
2. Andreas kicks the ball

3. The teacher is in the classroom

4. Sunita is always late

5. Elsa watched Frozen II with Anna

6. They love bakso

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 D. The following are words from Ayacucho Quechua spoken in Peru (Parker 1969).

1 Rimani ‘I speak’
2 Warmita rikun ‘He/she sees the woman’
3 Runtuta mikurqani ‘I ate an egg’
4 Runa rimarqa ‘The man spoke’
5 Warmi rikun ‘The woman sees him/her’
6 Runakuna rimarqaku ‘The men spoke’
7 Runata rikuni ‘I see the man’
8 Warmikuna rimanku ‘The women speak’
9 Runtuta mikuni ‘I eat an egg’
10 Runa hatun ‘The man is big’
11 Warmikunata rikurqani ‘I saw the women’
12 Runa daliwan ‘The man hits me’
13 Rimarqani ‘I spoke’
14 Runtu hatun ‘The egg is big’
15 Warmi rikurqawa ‘The woman saw me’
16 Rikurqa ‘He/she saw him/her’
17 Riman ‘He/she speaks’
18 Warmikuna rikurqawaku ‘The women saw me’
19 Warmi runtuta dalirqa ‘The woman hit an egg’
20 Mikurqaku ‘They ate’
What would the following forms mean?

1 Mikun ...............................................
2 Warmi runata rikurqa ...............................................
3 Runata dalirqani ...............................................
4 Runa rikurqawa ...............................................

E. How would you say the following in Ayacucho Quechua?

25 The men saw an egg ...............................................

26 The woman ate an egg ...............................................
27 The women hit (PAST) the man ...............................................
28 The men see the woman ...............................................

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