Practice Quiz on Introduction to Language and Places of Articulation
Make the best matches
| ___1. | linguistics | a | the adjective form of "linguistics" |
| ___2. | phonetics | b | a person who studies human language |
| ___3. | phonology | c | prescriptive grammar |
| ___4. | morphology | d | the alveopalatal area |
| ___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. | how language should be used | g | dentals |
| ___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) |
| ___9. | how a langauge is actually used, without perferring one form over another | 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 |
| ___13. | articulation | n | the nasal cavity |
| ___14. | linguistic parity | o | the larynx |
| ___15. | the space in and behind the nose | p | being equal in value; the idea that one "grammar" is not better or worse than another |
| ___16. | the space between the vocal cords (or vocal folds) | q | making speech sounds |
| ___17. | the soft part on the top and way in the back of the mouth | r | the glottis |
| ___18. | the area between the alveolar ridge and the palate | s | the velum |
| ___19. | the vocal cords are located inside this organ | t | interdentals |
| ___20. | sounds that are made using the teeth | u | the study of how speech sounds "pattern" (go together) |
| ___21. | consonants made by putting the tongue between the teeth | v | descriptive grammar |
What are the adjective forms of these places of articulation?
Example: vocal voice
22. nose _____________________
23. mouth _____________________
24. teeth _____________________
25. lips _____________________
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