Linguistics definitions quiz

Question 1

Which of these is the best description of voice?

Answer 1

the sound produced by humans and other vertebrates using the lungs

Question 2

Which of these is the best description of speech?

Answer 2

the oral expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas

Question 3

Which of these is the best description of language?

Answer 3

the expression of human communication through which knowledge can be explained and shared

Question 4

What is comparative linguistics?

Answer 4

the study of how linguistics vary from one place to the next and one speaker to the next

Question 5

What is ethnolinguistics?

Answer 5

the study of the language of a specific group within a culture

Question 6

What is historical linguistics?

Answer 6

the study of how languages are related to each other or change over an extended period of time

Question 7

What is synchronic linguistics?

Answer 7

the study of dialects including morphology, syntax, semantics, grammar, and phonology

Question 8

What is sociolinguistics?

Answer 8

the study of how the use of language affects any or all parts of a culture or a society

Question 9

the creation of statements concerning language change and structure that are universally true and can be applied to the study of any language.

Answer 9

linguistic typology

Question 10

the study of ancient languages and written texts

Answer 10

philology