Lecturer English MCQs PPSC FPSC KKPSC Online Test No. 64

A variation in the form of a single word for grammatical purposes is said to be:

Two words that differ only by a single sound in the same position and have different meanings but are otherwise identical:

What is the smallest segment of sound that comprises the basic building blocks of a language?

A type of verb which typically occurs in the progressive form and in the imperative, and which expresses such meanings as activity, process and bodily sensation are said to:

An auxiliary language which arises to fulfil certain limited communication needs among people who have no common language is known as:

A type of case, associated with possession and usually marking the possessor is...........

The number of Diphthongs is:

.............refers to a socially or situationally defined style of language.

The status of a linguistic form in a language which conforms to the rules of that language is termed as:

A representation on paper of speech, using conventional symbols is said to be:

The syntactic structure which is most obviously assignable to a particular sentence is said to be:

A type of mood associated with the issuing of commands and usually realized in English by a sentence without a subject and with the base form of the verb:

Who was considered the 'Father of Linguistics', a Swiss guy, who authored the book entitled 'Course in General Linguistics"?

A continuous piece of spoken or written language, especially one with a recognizable beginning and ending is known as:

A process by which sound becomes more like a nearby sound in terms of some feature:

The writing of dictionaries is said to be:

An expression whose meaning cannot be worked out from the meanings of its constituent words is said to be:

............is a system of rules which allows us to transmit information in symbolic form.
A. Language

A particular piece of speech produced by a particular individual on a particular occasion is known as:

The study of the sound system of a language, how the particular sounds contrast in each language to form an integrated system for encoding information and how such systems differ from one language to another:

Grammar consists of:

A geographically based language variety with distinct syntactic forms and vocabulary items is said to be:

What three components generally make up a system of a typical language?

What is defined as the study of sentence structure'?

A word that limits the meaning of a noun or a pronoun: