LINGUISTICS I – Extra 2
A. Phonetics & Phonology
VIII. Choose the odd one out (Phonetics)
1. /t/- /i:/ - /s/ - /dʒ/
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2. /ʌ/- /æ/ - /dʒ/ - /f/
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3. /m/ - /n/ - /b/- /ŋ/
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4. /v/ - /s/ - /t/ - /f/
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5. /ɪ/ - /i:/ - /ʊ/ - /æ/
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6. /ai/ - /e/ - /k/ - /z/
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7. /i:/ - /ɪ/ - /ʊ/ - /ɔ:/
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8. /ʌ/ - /æ/ - /ɜ:/ - /ʊ/
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9. /aʊ/ - /ɔɪ/ - /eə/ - /eɪ/
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II. Underline the tonic syllable in each of the following sentences (Phonology)
1. Water is a liquid. (Topic of conversation: Liquid)
2. Should we go to the cinema today or tomorrow? (Yes – No Question)
3. The scientist usually go out in a boat in summer. (Not “winter”)
4. She was looking very happy tonight. (Not “happy”)
5. His wife is always nasty.
B. Morphology
IX. Identify the word formation processes
1. Discoloured 8. Flu
2. Misleading 9. Tick-tock
3. Counteract 10. COD (Cash on delivery)
4. Nongradable 11. Motel
5. Playboy 12. Transistor
6. Windmill 13. To mask
7. Photo 14. To nurse
II. Give one word that fits each of the following morphological description
E.g.: Bound morph, prefix + free morph, content word: rewrite
1. Free morph, content word + bound morph, inflectional suffix
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2. Free morph, content word + bound morph, derivational suffix + bound morph,
inflectional suffix
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3. Free morph, content word + free morph, content word + bound morph,
inflectional suffix
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4. Free morph, content word + bound morph, derivational suffix + bound morph,
derivational suffix
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5. Bound morph, prefix + free morph, content word + bound morph, derivational
suffix
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6. Free morph, content word + bound morph derivational suffix + bound morph, derivational
suffix + bound morph, derivational suffix
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C. Syntax
I. Identify the clause pattern
1. Is the girl now a student?
2. Eric Owens shared a collage of wholesome, affectionate photos of himself and his
son.
3.His brother grew happier gradually.
4. It was raining steadily all day.
5. They ate the meat hungrily in their hut that night.
6. He offered her some chocolates politely outside the hall before the concert.
7. I was walking my dog in the park.
8. I imagined her beautiful.
9. He got his shoes and socks wet.
II. State if the following sentences are simple (S), compound (Cp), complex (Cx) or
compound-complex (Cc)
1. They say the greatest gift you can give someone is your time
2. International Men’s Day is an annual international event that takes place on the 19th of
November.
3. It doesn’t speak to the current medical understanding of mental illness.
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4. Google "texting your ex" and you'll get a million articles listing all the rules you have to obey
when undergoing such a brave endeavor.
5. Our exes might even want to hurt us and share our dumb text with the rest of the world.
6. If so, they will probably send it to an Instagram account called Texts From Your Ex.
7. He called his ex and she watched it ring.
8. Take me off the list of women to text when you’re drunk and lonely.
9. Over 440,000 people liked the tweet, and thousands of mothers and fathers replied to
Henpecked Hal's call.
III. Identify the structures (forms) and functions
of the following underlined parts
1. The pretty girl in the corner is Mary Smith.
2. He likes the countryside of France. –
3. Eric Owens shared a collage of wholesome, affectionate photos of himself and his son.
4. Do you have an opinion about toxic masculinity?
5. However, masculinity is a very deep rabbit hole with lots of different perspectives,
viewpoints, and ideas.
6. His views were very alarming.
7. He slowly drive the car into the garage.
8. To my surprise, the doctor phoned.
9. I was surpised at Sid’s criticizing my work.
10.It’s hard to know how to teach multi-level English class.
11. She insisted on seeing the director of the cosmetics company.
D. Semantics
I. Identify the figures of speech used in the following sentences
1.There was a frozen silence in the room –
2. Kisses are the flowers of love in bloom.
3. My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
4. He pleaded for her forgiveness but Janet’s heart was cold iron.-->
5. She is now a student teacher at university.
6. Words are the weapons with which we wound.
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7. Hollywood has been releasing a surprising number of sci-fi movies lately
8. He is now on a working vacation in Hawaii.
9. The White House released a statement last week
10. Give me a hand. –
11. I need some hired hands.
11. I loved reading Sam's autobiography of his own life
12. The Gobi is a dry desert.
13. At the college, there are many good heads.
14. The leaves waved in the wind.
15. The evening sunset is beautiful.
16. Time flies when you're having fun .
II. Identify the relations between each pair of sentences
below
(contradiction, presupposition, lexical ambiguity, paraphrase, entailment….)
1. “It is not easy to travel across the country” And “Travelling across the country is not
easy.
2. “Susan and Bree went to the party” And “Bree went to the party.”
3. He bought a bat. –
4. Nobody goes to that restaurant because it’s too crowded.
5. Deep down, you are really shallow.
6. “The restaurant opens at 5 pm” And “The restaurant begins serving at 3 pm”.
7. He saw the man with the binoculars.
8. A; When did you stop beating your dog? And B: “You beat the dog.”
VI. Give one example for each of the following linguistic concepts
1. Homonym
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2. Compound-complex sentence
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3. Binary oppositeness
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4. Modifier of noun
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5. Non-finite clause
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6. Oxymoron
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7.Synecdoche
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8. Conversive antonym
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9. Gradable antonym
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E. Mixed
I. Write the term for each definition
1. A sound produced in the space between the vocal cords...........................................
2. The space between the vocal cords..........................................
3. A consonant produced by almost blocking the air flow..........................................
4. A speech sound produced by restricting the airflow in some
way..........................................
5. The part of the syllable after a vowel..........................................
6. One of a closely related set of speech sounds/phones..........................................
7. A consonant produced by stopping then releasing the air flow through a narrow
opening..........................................
8. Two or more consonants in sequence..........................................
9. A consonant produced with the tongue tip behind the upper front
teeth..........................................
10. A morph that can stand by itself as a single word..........................................
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11. The analysis of the structure of words..........................................
