UGC-NET (NTA) Linguistics, June-2020Total Questions: 10021. The language that has provided most of the vocabulary to a pidgin or creole is called:A. UniplexB. ConcordC. LexifierD. ShibbolethCorrect Answer: B. Concord22. The term wherein speakers are seen as proactively designing their speech to the needs of a particular audience and encapsulation of the presumed motive for the behaviour is:A. Speaker designB. Social NetworkC. Participant observationD. Audience designCorrect Answer: B. Social Network23. Which of the following is true for the 'principle of accountability'?A. If it is possible to define a variable as a closed set of variants, all of the variants (including non-occurrence if relevant) must be counted,B. If it is possible to define a variable as a closed set of variants, only the nonoccurring variables must be counted (excluding the occurring ones).C. It also applies for pragmatically motivated variables like discourse markersD. It does not apply to grammatical variablesCorrect Answer: A. If it is possible to define a variable as a closed set of variants, all of the variants (including non-occurrence if relevant) must be counted,24. An aspirated series of both voiceless and voiced stops, producing a four -way contrast /p, ph br bh / at all five basic points of articulation is:A. Normal and distinctive in all N/A languagesB. Is distinctive in some N/A languagesC. Is distinctive only in Western HindiD. Is distinctive only in BihariCorrect Answer: A. Normal and distinctive in all N/A languages25. In modern linguistic theory, 'sprachbund' usually designates:A. Linguistic features shared by number of unrelated languages.B. Linguistic features shared by cognate languages.C. Linguistic features shared byу geneologically related languages.D. Linguistic features shared by noncontiguous languages.Correct Answer: D. Linguistic features shared by noncontiguous languages.26. Despite the fact that N/A languages are characterized by distinctive aspiration, which of the following lack aspiration?A. Assamese and RomanyB. SinhaleseC. Classical MarathiD. GujaratiCorrect Answer: D. Gujarati27. Garhwali and Kumaoni are grouped by Grierson as:A. Central PahariB. Western PahariC. Northern PahariD. Eastern PahariCorrect Answer: D. Eastern Pahari28. The other branch of Austroasiatic stock MonKhmer, is represented by:A. NehaliB. BurushaskiC. KhasiD. MundariCorrect Answer: B. Burushaski29. Brown's 1973 study on the order of acquisition of certain grammatical morphemes in English primarily revealed that:A. Children acquire morphemes in different orders.B. Children acquire morphemes at different rates.C. Both Answer option (A) and Answer option (B) above are correct.D. Answer option (A) is incorrect, but Answer option (B) is correct.Correct Answer: A. Children acquire morphemes in different orders.30. CDS is like Baby Talk which is:A. The speech of the babies in early developmentB. The speech of the adults and older children directed towards babiesC. The systematic record of babies' early speechD. Babies interaction with mothersCorrect Answer: D. Babies interaction with mothersSubmit Quiz« Previous12345678910Next »
