Linguistics

Question 1

___________is the study of the history and origin of words.

Answer 1

Etymology

Question 2

______________the role of the context in the interpretation of meaning.

Answer 2

Pragmatics

Question 3

______________ is the study of the meaning in language.

Answer 3

Semantics

Question 4

______________ is the analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect

Answer 4

Phonolohy

Question 5

_____________ is the study of the structure of words.

Answer 5

Morphology

Question 6

_______the art and science of text interpretation.

Answer 6

Hermeneutics

Question 7

_______is the study of language as it relates to society, including race, class, gender, and age.

Answer 7

Sociolinguistics

Question 8

_______is the study of language as it relates to culture( frequently associated with minority linguistic groups within the larger culture.

Answer 8

Ethnolinguistics

Question 9

A _____ is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between 2 or more groups that don’t have a language in common.

A. Dialect
B. Creole
C. Pidgin
D. Regionalism

Answer 9

Pidgin

Question 10

A ____ refers to a variation of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language’s speakers. For example, how people speak from the “hood” is different from how people speak in country clubs–both speak english, but a different type.

A. Dialect
B. Creole
C. Pidgin
D. Regionalism

Answer 10

Dialect

Question 11

_____ is a stable natural language developed (with grammatical rules) from mixing of parent languages.

A. Dialect
B. Creole
C. Pidgin
D. Regionalism

Answer 11

Creole

Question 12

_____ is a word or phrase used by a population in a particular region.

A. Dialect
B. Creole
C. Pidgin
D. Regionalism

Answer 12

D. Regionalism