Practice Quiz -- Review of Day One in AE : Match the best definition to the term on the left.
| ___1. | linguistics | a | the adjective form of "linguistics" |
| ___2. | phonetics | b | a person who studies human language |
| ___3. | phonology | c | subconscious knowledge of a language, usually a native language |
| ___4. | morphology | d | the study of how speech sounds "pattern" (go together) |
| ___5. | semantics | e | the study of the meanings of words and sentences |
| ___6. | syntax | f | the study of the structure of words and how they are formed |
| ___7. | linguistic creativity | g | the ability of humans to understand and say an unlimited (=infinite) number of new words and sentence |
| ___8. | native speaker | h | the ability to understand and use a language without thinking, usually a language we have learned as a child in a natural situation (at home) |
| _c_9. | linguistic competence | i | the study of human language |
| ___10. | subconscious knowledge of language | j | the study of the structure and formation of sentences |
| ___11. | linguist | l | someone who has acquired a spoken language in a natural situation (usually at home) as a child |
| ___12. | linguistic | m | the study of the perception and articulation of speech sounds |
Practice Quiz -- Review of Day One in AE : Match the best definition to the term on the left.
| ___1. | linguistics | a | the adjective form of "linguistics" |
| ___2. | phonetics | b | a person who studies human language |
| ___3. | phonology | c | subconscious knowledge of a language, usually a native language |
| ___4. | morphology | d | the study of how speech sounds "pattern" (go together) |
| ___5. | semantics | e | the study of the meanings of words and sentences |
| ___6. | syntax | f | the study of the structure of words and how they are formed |
| ___7. | linguistic creativity | g | the ability of humans to understand and say an unlimited (=infinite) number of new words and sentence |
| ___8. | native speaker | h | the ability to understand and use a language without thinking, usually a language we have learned as a child in a natural situation (at home) |
| _c_9. | linguistic competence | i | the study of human language |
| ___10. | subconscious knowledge of language | j | the study of the structure and formation of sentences |
| ___11. | linguist | l | someone who has acquired a spoken language in a natural situation (usually at home) as a child |
| ___12. | linguistic | m | the study of the perception and articulation of speech sounds |