The –s in ‘boys’ is ______________?

A. An adjective forming morpheme
B. Plural morpheme
C. Possessive morpheme
D. Past morpheme

Stress is used for the sake of ______________?

A. Emphasis
B. Loudness
C. Double meaning
D. None of the above

__________________is the accent on certain words within the a sentence?

A. Semantics
B. Syntax
C. Sentence__stress
D. None of the above

________________refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining to sentences?

A. Intonation
B. Stress
C. Pitch
D. Juncture

______________is concerned with the selection and organization of speech sounds in a language?

A. Phonology
B. Morphology
C. Semantics
D. Syntax

How many classes of morphemes can be identified in a language ?

A. Only one
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

Which among the following does not constitute the scientific nature of linguistics_____________?

A. Systematic gathering and analysis of data
B. Determination of causal relationship between facts
C. Chronological presentation of data
D. Verification, validation and generalization.

Which among the following is not an aim of linguistics_______________?

A. To study the nature of language
B. To establish a theory of language
C. To propound stories of the origin of language
D. To describe a language and all languages

The older term used to designate the study of languages is____________?

A. Philology
B. Haplology
C. Phonology
D. Semiology

The final /m/ in the word ‘Prism’ is an instance of ____________?

A. Syllabic consonants
B. Sibilants
C. Suffixes
D. None of the above