ExercisesI. Multiple Choice1. _ studies language change over time in contrast to looking at language as it is used at a given moment.A. Diachronic linguisticsB. Synchronic linguisticsC. Prescriptive linguisticsD. Comparative linguistics2. Of all the speech organs, the _ is/are the most flexible.A. mouthB. lipsC. tongueD. vocal cords 3. In terms of place of articulation, the following sounds p, b, m and wshare the feature of _.A. palatal B. alveolarC. bilabialD. dental4. A(n) _ is a unit that is of distinctive value.It is an abstract unit, a collection of distinctive phonetic features.A. phone B. sound C. allophone D. phoneme5. Which of the following sound description is for d? A. voiced labiodental fricativeB. voiced alveolar stopC. voiceless labiodental fricativeD. voiceless alveolar stop6. What is the phonetic feature of the sound u?A. close back shortB. semi-close front shortC. semi-open central shortD. open front short7. Which of the following sentences contain a derivational affix?A. The cows escaped.B. It was raining.C. Those socks are inexpensive.D. She closed the book. 8. The morpheme “ed” in the word “worked” is known as a(n) _.A. derivational morphemeB. lexical morpheme C. inflectional morphemeD. functional morpheme9. “en-” in “enlarge” is a(n) _. A. derivational affixB. inflectional affixC. free rootD. bound root10. _ is the smallest unit of language that carries information about meaning or function. A. SyntaxB. GrammarC. Morphology D. Morpheme11. Which of the following forms is possible word of English?A. sprokeB. bsarn C. mboodD. coofp12. Which pair of words below shows the relation of antonymy. _A. flourishthrive B. intelligentstupidC. casualinformal D. flogwhip 13. We call the relation between “furniture” and “wardrobe” as _.A. hyponymy B. meronymyC. homophony D. homonymy14. Most of the violations of the maxims of the CP give rise to _.A. breakdown of conversationB. confusion of ones intentionC. hostility between speakers and the listenersD. conversational implicatures15. In the phrase structure rule “SNP VP”, the arrow can be read as_.A. is equal to B. consists ofC. has D. generates16. The meaning carried by the inflectional morpheme is _.A. lexicalB. morphemeC. grammaticalD. semantic17. The pair of words “hot” and “cold” are _.A. gradable antonyms B. relational antonymsC. complementary antonyms D. co-hyponyms18. Which pair of the following are complementary antonyms?A. alive / deadB. above / belowC. poor / richD. doctor / patient19. What is the relation between the pair of sentences:He likes seafood.He likes crabs A. synonymyB. inconsistencyC. entailmentD. presupposition20. Which pair of the following are homographs?A. piece n. / peace n.B. tear v. / tear n.C. fast adj. / fast v.D. flower n. / rose n.21. Which pair of the following are dialectal synonyms?A. lorry, truckB. kid, childC. collaborator, accompliceD. amaze, astound22. “Lift” and “elevator” form a pair of _ synonyms.A. stylistic B. dialectical C. collocational D. connotative15. All syllables must have a _.A. onsetB. codaC. nucleus D. consonant23. _ studies language and speech as they are used at a given moment and not in terms of how they have evolved over time.A. Diachronic linguisticsB. Synchronic linguisticsC. Prescriptive linguisticsD. Comparative linguistics24. _ deals with language application to other fields, particularly education. A. Psycholinguistics B. SociolinguisticsC. Applied linguistics D. Comparative linguistics25. Of the following sound combination, only _ is permissible in English.A. iblk B. ilbkC. ilkb D. blik26. Which pair of words below shows the relation of synonymy. _A. drunksoberB. uncleauntC. youngoldD. casualinformal27. The sense relationship between “He has been to France” and “He has been to Europe” is _.A. hyponymyB. antonymyC. presupposition D. entailment28. In the phrase structure rule “NP(Det) N (PP)”, the arrow can be read as_.A. is equal toB. branches intoC. transforms D. generates29. In terms of the place of articulation, the following sounds trslzn share the feature of _.A. palatal B. alveolarC. bilabial D. dental30. Ys utterance in the following conversation violates the