English Literature MCQs

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Certain morphemes have more than one meaning and can be understood in more than one way. They are called ______________?


aAllophones


bHomophones


cHomographs


dHomonyms


View Answer Homographs

The words denoting the colour ‘red’ and the past__tense of the verb ‘read’ ; ‘right’ and’ ‘write’; and ‘site’ and sight’ are examples for________________?


aAllophones


bHomophones


cHomographs


dHomonyms


View Answer Homophones

The present__tense form of the verb ‘read’ and its past__tense which is pronounced as ‘red’ is an example of _____________?


aAllophones


bHomophones


cHomographs


dHomonyms


View Answer Homonyms

The final /l/ in the words ‘bottle’, ‘cattle’ and ‘little’ are examples of _____________ ?


aSyllabic consonants


bSibilants


cSuffixes


dNone of the above


View Answer Syllabic consonants

Who defined language as “a set or (finite or infinite) sentences, each finite in length and constructed out of a finite set of elements” ?


aNoam Chomsky


bFerdinand de Saussure


cEdward Sapir


dNone of the above


View Answer Noam Chomsky

Which among the following is not a characteristic feature of language ?


aLanguage is systematic


bLanguage is arbitrary


cLanguage is dynamic


dLanguage is instinctive.



The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated in the sense of rhythm innate in man ?


aDing Dong theory


bThe Bow__vow theory


cThe Pooh__pooh theory


dThe Gesture theory


View Answer Ding Dong theory

The theory which Is based upon the assumption that language has been formed from the words uttered by groups of persons engaged in joint burdensome labour ?


aThe Yo__He__Ho Theory


bThe Gesture theory


cThe Poo__Pooh theory


dDing__Dong theory.


View Answer The Yo__He__Ho Theory

The Yo__He__Ho Theory of the origin of language was advanced by ____________?


aWilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget


bNoire


cMax__Muller


dOtto Jepersen


View Answer Noire

Words like ‘Buzz’, ‘Hiss’, ‘thud’ etC. which represents the sounds of their referents are known as ___________?


aOnomatopoeia


bHomophones


cHomonyms


dPortmanteau


View Answer Onomatopoeia

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