STULAN - test yourself before and/or after revising all the chapters

Test yourself
 
Here you'll find questions on all the STULAN chapters except for the choice chapters.

You can take this test prior to revision to see which chapters require your utmost attention and which chapters are already (partly) understood. We, however, recommend using it for testing your knowledge after revising all the chapters.

The questions are not in chronological order. Look up 'interleaving' online. 

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Test yourself
 
Here you'll find questions on all the STULAN chapters except for the choice chapters.

You can take this test prior to revision to see which chapters require your utmost attention and which chapters are already (partly) understood. We, however, recommend using it for testing your knowledge after revising all the chapters.

The questions are not in chronological order. Look up 'interleaving' online. 

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Chapters to study
 
  • Theories on why/how we came to use language (chpt 1)
  • Individual words: how did we get so many? (chpt 5)
  • Morphology: zooming in on word parts. (chpt 6)
  •     Semantics: word meaning and close relationships. (chpt 9)
  • Pragmatics: How do we make sense of ambiguity? (chpt 10)
  • How can we make sense of conversation? (chpt 11)
  • Language families and development of Eng language (chpt 17)
  • Regional and social variations in language (chpt 18 + 19)
  • Two choice chapters (see #OO - no questions in test yourself)


Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Next slides: Word formation
 
  • Individual words: how did we get so many? (chpt 5)


Slide 3 - Tekstslide

"I am taking my dog to the vet"
What process led to the word vet?

Slide 4 - Open vraag

Calling someone "Ally" whose actual name is Allison, is a clear example of:
A
Hypocorism
B
Backformation
C
Loan-translation (calque)
D
Etymology

Slide 5 - Quizvraag

Which of the following words came into the English language through coinage?
A
Pretzel
B
Pampers
C
Infotainment
D
a hankie

Slide 6 - Quizvraag

Clipping
Blending
van
skateboard
CLIL
pin
windowpane
infotainment
misdirected
sheepish
Dinglish
webinar
gym
AI
bazaar
good-looking
kindergarten
selfless

Slide 7 - Sleepvraag

Multiple processes: Which two processes of word formation do you recognize in the word xerox in the sentence below?

Could you xerox these papers?

A
Coinage (brand --> general term)
B
Backformation (usually noun --> other type of word - with reduction)
C
Hypocorism (a longerword is reduced to single syllable and -y or -ie is added)
D
Conversion (noun --> verb, but no reduction - the word stays the same)

Slide 8 - Quizvraag

Next slides: Morphology
 
  • Morphology: zooming in on word parts. (chpt 6)


Slide 9 - Tekstslide

In which of the following words is "im" NOT a derivational morpheme?
A
Impossible
B
Image
C
Impose
D
Imperceptible

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

Lexical
Functional
Inflectional
Deriva-
tional
shock
shocked
distasteful
shocks
teacher
teacher's
Their
for
effect
how
stronger

Slide 11 - Sleepvraag

Next slides: Semantics
 
  • Semantics: word meaning and close relationships. (chpt 9)

Not included in these questions: referential vs. associative/emotive meaning and collocations. 

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

What is the prototype of the superordinate "flower"? a ....

Slide 13 - Open vraag

Identify the two co-hyponyms of the superordinate "sports"
A
golf / ball
B
football / goal
C
volleyball / referee
D
volleyball / golf

Slide 14 - Quizvraag

He drank the whole bottle
Hyponomy
antonym
synonym
homonym
 go see the vet
He is a Nam vet
couch
sofa
bank
metonomy
superordinate
buy
sell
boiling a kettle

Slide 15 - Sleepvraag

Next slide
 
  • Theories on why/how we came to use language (chpt 1)

Not included in this question: The Tool-Making Source

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

3 X
5 X
4 X
4 X
3 X
The divine source
The natural
sound source
The social inter-action source
The physical
adaptation source
The genetic source
Innateness hypothesis
FOXP2
Larynx
capacity for speech
risk of choking
"Yo-he-ho" theory
Coordinated effort
The "Pooh-Pooh" theory
Social groups
The "Bow-Wow" theory
Onomatopeia
Instinctive emo-tional sounds
Quest for "original" language
There's one in almost every culture

Slide 17 - Sleepvraag

Next slides
 
  • Language families and development of Eng language (chpt 17)

Not included in these questions: Comparative reconstruction is not included. Sound changes come up very minimally.

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

English, Dutch, Hindi, Russian and Persian. This is merely a small selection of languages part of the ____ - European family tree

Slide 19 - Open vraag

What term do linguists use for words from different languages that are similar in form and meaning?
Words like: Hause, house, huis are called ....

Slide 20 - Open vraag

1
2
3
4
5

Slide 21 - Sleepvraag

Basic words like cow, house, etc
Germanic tribes
Viking words added
Prestige language spoken in 'higher circles'
Internal and external changes
Some Latin words introduced by Christianity
Sound changes
Semantic changes

Slide 22 - Sleepvraag

The development of the Old English word “hund” (=any kind of dog) to the word “hound” (=specific breed) is known as the process called:
A
broadening of meaning
B
syntactic changes
C
methathesis
D
narrowing of meaning

Slide 23 - Quizvraag

Next slides
 
  • Regional and social variations in language (chpt 18)

AAVE might need some more attention.


Slide 24 - Tekstslide

REGIONAL VARIATION
SOCIAL VARIATION
NORMS
Diglossia + vernacular
Pidgin & Creole
Socio & Idiolect
Social marker
Style shifting
Two forms of prestige
Convergence & Divergence

Slide 25 - Sleepvraag

What is/are the difference(s) between an accent and a dialect?

Slide 26 - Open vraag

What is the definition of an isogloss?
A
The boundaries representing different linguistic uses in a country
B
The geographical line separating two areas in which two different dialects are used
C
The geographical line separating two areas in which two different forms of a linguistic item are used
D
The boundaries representing different uses of a linguistic item in similar languages

Slide 27 - Quizvraag

A large number of isoglosses together would constitute ……
A
a vernacular
B
a dialect boundary
C
a sociolect
D
a diglossia

Slide 28 - Quizvraag

Dropping the h in house or leaving out the t's in tattoo while speaking are indicators of social status. These are examples of ...

Slide 29 - Open vraag

What is true about an idiolect:

A
Only lower class speakers use an idiolect
B
There are no regional idiolects
C
Everybody speaks an idiolect
D
An ideolect differs only in pronunciation

Slide 30 - Quizvraag

What is NOT true about Pidgins?

A
They can develop into Creoles
B
They have native speakers
C
They are contact languages
D
They usually have one lexifier

Slide 31 - Quizvraag

Style shifting can be done in two ways: convergence & divergence. What is true about convergence?
A
adjusting your language to emphasize social distance
B
Using jargon to fit in with a social group
C
adjusting your language to reduce social distance
D
Using slang to fit in with a social group

Slide 32 - Quizvraag

In the term AAVE (African American Vernacular English), vernacular means:

A
old-fashioned
B
non-standard
C
sloppy
D
ungrammatical

Slide 33 - Quizvraag

Which sentence DOESN'T contain slang?
A
That was a wicked gig, man!
B
I only need a fiver - just give me five quid!
C
I couldn't seem to get hold of Mrs Johnson
D
That was a kick-ass dope jump you did, bro

Slide 34 - Quizvraag

Next slides
 
  • Pragmatics: How de we make sense of ambiguity? (chpt 10)


Slide 35 - Tekstslide

Person deixis
Spatial deixis
Temporal deixis
I
am
sorry
that
he
was
not
here
yesterday
Did
you
meet
them
there
this morning?

Slide 36 - Sleepvraag

"Whether you say my car is a wreck or my car is not a wreck, there is an underlying p...........n namely, I have a car.

Slide 37 - Open vraag

"I am deeply sorry to disturb you, because I know you're terribly busy, but ..."

This is an extreme example of:
A
a face-saving act that emphasizes negative face
B
a face-threatening act that emphasizes positive face
C
a face-threatening act that emphasizes negative face
D
a face-saving act that emphasizes positive face

Slide 38 - Quizvraag

You are hungry and would like to eat something. Which of the following is/are indirect speech acts
A
I am hungry.
B
Are you going to finish that?
C
Are you having anything to eat?
D
Give me a sandwich!

Slide 39 - Quizvraag

Next slides: Discourse Analysis
 
  • How can we make sense of conversation? (chpt 11)

Not included in these questions: coherence and cohesion, implicatures and Background knowledge (schema & script)

Slide 40 - Tekstslide

Long-winded speakers or people "holding the floor", don't signal a completion point. This way they won't have to take part in conventional ....

Slide 41 - Open vraag

Q1: Have you seen my sneakers?
Q3: Green? Which ones do you mean?
A2: Yes, the green ones with the yellow stripes!
With the yellow stripes
They are in the bedroom
Q2:
A3:
Do you mean those green ones?
A1:

Slide 42 - Sleepvraag

Which of the following principles / maxims is broken?
A
quantity
B
quality
C
relation
D
manner

Slide 43 - Quizvraag

Which of the answers is a hedge that can be used by speakers concerned about following the maxim of quality?
A
as far as I know ...
B
by the way, ...
C
to cut a long story short,
D
so, anyway ...

Slide 44 - Quizvraag

End of test
 
Make sure to revisit chapters that you didn't do so well on.

May you succeed in your actual exams and whatever you do thereafter.

- The STULAN team -

Slide 45 - Tekstslide