Lecturer English MCQs PPSC FPSC KKPSC Online Test No. 61

The approach towards the language acquisition that the capacity for language is innate in human beings is said to be..............

A new or hybrid language that develops a new or sophisticated grammar or vocabulary and is spoken as some group's first language is:

The study of rules and practices for constructing meaningful bits of language is called:

The historical approach to language study, which investigates the changes in languages through time is said to be...........

Issues in the construction of intelligible utterances-like word order, tense, case and person are the area of:

A language with a markedly reduced grammatical structure, lexicon, and stylistic range is said to be..........

The linguistic capability to combine existing sounds into new meanings and to combine existing words into new utterances is called.........

The study of rules and practices for making and using sounds in a language is called..........

Hermann Paul (1886) argued that the most basic building block of language was which of the following?

The characteristics of the speech of an individual which refers to a geographical or social group is..............

...................is the variety of language, including vocabulary and grammar, spoken in a particular social group:

The co-existence of two different forms of language in a society often a 'high' and 'low' or 'official' or 'common form is called:

In English, we use the labiodental fricative for the letters:

.............is the general term used to denote a form of language (pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary) that is used by particular social groups in particular social contexts.

The notion that human beings are born with the features that are common to languages generally hardwired into their minds is said to be............

Which of the following is the smallest unit within a language system?

.............is the stored knowledge that a person has about a particular concept, which enables them to interpret what they encounter in relation to that concept:

Human language differs from communication systems of other animals because:

................is the language of communication between persons who have different first languages who speak different tribal languages.

Is used either to denote the jargon associated with a particular occupational group, or more widely to refer to any variety that is influenced by subject matter, setting, group being addressed:

Which of the following definitions are consistent with discourse?

..................is used to denote the language or variety of language that is being used by a speaker in a particular social context, or that a speaker is able to use as a part of their linguistic repertoire:

Language learning processes, like how language is acquired, how language is stored in the brain, how language is accessed and processed by the brain, are studied under:

In oral presentation of language preceded the written. There was an emphasis on correct pronunciation and grammar, and on using repetition to inculcate correct language.

Who was the main contributor to the linguistic period?