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QUESTIONNAIRE
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read each item and study the options carefully. Circle the letter of your
choice. Should you decide to change your answer, cross out the
previous one.
1. Which theory of language origin proposes that humans may have first developed the naming ability,
producing a specific noise for a specific object, as he manipulates his tools?
A. Glossogenetics
B. Divine Source
C. Bow-wow
D. Oral Gesture Source
E. None of the options
2. Which of the following statements provides a counter-argument to the Divine Source Theory?
A. Human-like fossils showing evidence of sophisticated speech apparatuses have been found
B. In every culture, there is a deity who is the giver of human language
C. There is no evidence of an original, spontaneously spoken universal language
D. It does not place the development of human language in some social context.
E. None of the above
3. According to this theory proposed in 1930 by Sir Richard Paget, humans made the earliest words by
tongue movements that mimicked manual gestures, rendering them audible, thus this is also known as
Oral-Gesture Source Theory. What is the name of this theory?
A. Ta-ta Theory
B. Ding-dong Theory
C. Pooh-pooh Theory
D. Bow-wow Theory
E. Yo-he-ho Theory
4. Which of the following statements describes the premise of Glossogenetics Theory of Language
Origin?
A. Language came about due to man’s desire to build and maintain relationships.
B. The capacity for speech is attributed to the connection between tool-using and language-using
abilities of humans.
C. The capacity for speech developed when man transitioned to an upright posture, with bi-pedal
locomotion.
D. Language is the result of collaborative endeavors undertaken by our ancestors.
E. Humans learned to communicate because of the need to interact with other human beings as
civilizations emerged.
A. Reciprocity
B. Non-directionality
C. Duality
D. Specialization
E. Rapid fade
7. Ella speaks fluent French even though she is a Filipina because she was raised by her French
grandparents in Monaco. What property of human language is illustrated in this statement?
A. Displacement
B. Productivity
C. Arbitrariness
D. Discreteness
E. None of the above
8. What unique property of human language is illustrated by the fact that a huge percentage of English
words in use today are either loaned from other language-cultures or coined?
A. Productivity
B. Displacement
C. Duality
D. Cultural transmission
E. Arbitrariness
9. Which of the following properties of human language may explain why people are having difficulty
comprehending what they read due to the presence of unfamiliar vocabulary?
A. Discreteness
B. Displacement
C. Duality
D. Productivity
E. Arbitrariness
10. Which of the following statements exemplify a unique property of the human language called
“discreteness”?
E. element
13. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. labio-dental
B. alveo-palatal
C. interdental
D. bilabial
E. Alveolar
A. queen
B. campus
C. punk
D. gang
E. badge
16. How would you describe the manner of articulation for the final sound in the word fare?
A. nasal
B. stop
C. fricative
D. approximant
E. affricate
17. The consonant cluster /th/ is pronounced as [ θ ] in the following words, EXCEPT in---
A. thistle
B. breath
C. paths
D. ether
E. None of the options
18. Which of the following name words DOES NOT contain a phone of the phoneme / a /?
A. Renee
B. Thames
C. April
D. mango
E. France
A. chandelier
B. theme
C. journey
D. chemical
E. phallic
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A. been
B. seen
C. great
D. breathe
E. fool
A. fought
B. tortoise
C. cough
D. vinyl
E. booth
22. Which of the following words contains a “mid front tense unrounded vowel “?
A. height
B. span
C. glee
D. sleigh
E. fun
A. / c / --> [ k ], [ s ]
B. / u / --> [ Ʌ ], [ ʊ ]
C. / q / --> [ k ], [ Č ]
D. / a / --> [ e ], [ ɔ ]
E. / g / --> [ g ], [ ǰ ]
A. [e]
B. [æ]
C. [ǝ]
D. [Ɛ]
E. [Ɔ]
A. alveolars
B. alveo-palatals
C. glottals
D. labio-dentals
E. velars
26. Which of the following words will complete the minimal set “been, ban, bun, bean…”?
A. bin
B. bane
C. bomb
D. bang
E. None of the options
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A. tough
B. dough
C. hiccough
D. laugh
E. breathe
A. Thai
B. stipend
C. petunia
D. attendance
E. telephone
A. [ fӕks ]
B. [ sӕks ]
C. [ lӕks ]
D. [ wӕsps ]
E. [ pӕðs]
A. ease
B. aisle
C. rough
D. bough
E. plate
A. anchor
B. bungee
C. crunch
D. singe
E. binge
A. CCVC
B. CCCVCVC
C. CCCVCC
D. CCCVVCVC
E. None of the above
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A. primary
B. poem
C. history
D. science
E. about
35. The following concepts are within the domain of Phonology, EXCEPT---
A. retire
B. stellar
C. terrible
D. later
E. atonement
38. The following words contain the same allophone of [ t ], EXCEPT one. Which one is it?
A. potato
B. brother
C. eighth
D. feather
E. breath
39. When two words are identical in form, EXCEPT for a contrast in one phoneme occurring in the same
position, the two words are described as---?
A. Homographs
B. Homonyms
C. Homophones
D. Minimal pairs
E. Minimal set
41. Which of the following words would have the same allomorph of plurality as the words church
and badge?
A. peach
B. dove
C. house
D. class
E. path
44. Which of the following statements illustrates the DENOTATIVE meaning of the underlined word?
45. What are the θ - Roles of the underlined arguments in the sentence: Amy sensed Jeremy’s secret
admiration for her.
A. Agent, Theme
B. Agent, Goal
C. Experiencer, Source
D. Experiencer, Theme
E. Experiencer, Goal
A. full - empty
B. masculine - feminine
C. diminutive - gigantic
D. lengthy - brief
E. enter - exit
47. Which of the following texts is semantically odd, but figuratively sound?
48. Which particle collocates with the verb in this sentence: “I prefer coffee ____ tea” ?
A. to
B. than
C. with
D. for
E. on
A. Flower - Rose
B. Clothing - Shirt
C. Feline - Tiger
D. Furniture - Table
E. All of the options
A. mess up
B. run after
C. sink or swim
D. bring it on
E. share with
60. What pragmatic concept is required to make sense of the statement, “I can’t dig Ayn Rand, no
matter how many times I read her.”
A. Deixis
B. Reference
C. Co-text
D. Anaphora
E. Inference
61. How many deictic expressions are found in this sentence: It might not be his concern now, but it
surely will be by the time they find out he was there yesterday.
A. 6
B. 8
C. 4
D. 7
E. 5
62. What the speaker assumes is true or is known by the hearer is called --
A. Inference
B. Reference
C. Presupposition
D. Biases
E. Cataphora
63. What is the “referent” in this sentence: When the Titanic sank during her maiden voyage, she was
famously known as “The Unsinkable.”
A. She
B. Titanic
C. Voyage
D. Maiden
E. Unsinkable
64. What pragmatic concept will help the listener make sense of the following utterances:
Speaker A: What time is it?
Speaker B: The milkman just passed by.
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A. Co-text
B. Reference
C. Inference
D. Presupposition
E. Deixis
A. rookie
B. movie
C. blankie
D. hubby
E. bookie
68. Which of the following words can undergo a “functional shift” into an action word without
reduction?
A. paper
B. clay
C. metal
D. plastic
E. stone
69. What word formation processes are involved in the creation of the word prenup?
70. Which of the following words does not belong to the group?
A. postpone
B. multiverse
C. monogamy
D. bicameral
E. microbiology
A. equipment
B. cactus
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C. fish
D. child
E. antenna
72. In which of the following phrases does / -er / function as a derivational morpheme?
A. No greater love
B. For richer or for poorer
C. Find a cooler place
D. Bolder than you think
E. Put it in the cooler
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9
74. Which of the following words was first compounded, then converted?
A. waspish
B. wannabe
C. carjacking
D. snowballed
E. post-mortem
A. ox
B. child
C. syllabus
D. people
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E. information
79. The following words share the same allomorph of plurality, EXCEPT---
A. grave
B. watch
C. bridge
D. sash
E. peach
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 5
E. 6
81. Which of the following words has the same DISTRIBUTION as the word “naivete”?
A. careless
B. involve
C. oftentimes
D. truth
E. unite
83. To which lexical category does the underlined word in this sentence belong: I don’t regret not
showing up at his wedding; besides, I was indisposed as I was sick that day.
A. Preposition
B. Adverb
C. Conjunction
D. Post-position
E. Determiner
A. Huge house
B. Several employees
C. Her cousin
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
86. Which is the correct representation of the syntactic description: A Noun Phrase consists of only one
of the following: a determiner, an optional adjective and a noun; a pronoun; or a proper noun ?
E. D (Art.) N
NP --> Pron.
PN
87. Which of the following sequence of words has the following Phrase Structure: S --> NP VP PP,
Where: NP --> D (Adv.) (Adj.) N
VP --> Vgrp
PP --> P D PN
89. In which of the following phrases can you find a pronoun functioning as a determiner?
A. only truth
B. very brief
C. almost never right
D. rather friendly
E. truly amazing
91. Which of the following words can substitute the word “relatively” in a sentence?
A. almost
B. friendly
C. absolute
D. definite
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92. Which word pairs would have the same distribution when used in a sentence?
A. besides, across
B. folly, decision
C. brazen, hasten
D. genuinely, bashful
E. certain, completely
93. How many words in this sentence function as a determiner: “My bachelor uncle found the love of
his life three days before his 65th birthday while he was staying at our family friend’s villa.”
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7
95. What lexical category can make this sentence grammatical: “My parents stayed married __________
the trials that rocked their relationship these past 40 years.”
A. verb
B. preposition
C. conjunction
D. adverb
E. adjective
96. Which technique in describing the structure of a sentence and its constituents shows both the linear
and hierarchical ordering of elements?
98. Who coined the term "speech act" in his book, How to Do Things with Words, published
posthumously in 1962?
A. John L. Austin
B. John R. Searle
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C. Stephen Krashen
D. Jim Cummins
E. Noam Chomsky
99. The following are the objects of discourse analysis (DA), EXCEPT---
100. Who classified the types of illocutionary acts into five in 1979, namely representatives, directives,
commissives, declaratives, and expressives?
A. Michel Focault
B. Jack Richards
C. John R. Searle
D. Victoria Fromkin
E. Stephen Krashen
Prepared by:
Ms. Hazel P Atilano
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