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1. The term semiotics was introduced by
2. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Chomsky’s competence and Performance?
3. -------is the basis of all sounds in English language and in most languages in India.
4. ----is the process by which one speech sound gets changed to another under the influence of another
5. Sounds articulated by the tip of the tongue placed against the upper teeth are called---
6. Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of the individual speaking or writing a given language?
7. The Musical Theory of the origin of language was advanced by:
8. The initial sounds in the words ‘ship’, ‘church’ and ‘judge; are examples for----
9. Words which represent the sounds of their referents are called-----
10. The shortened forms like ‘photo’ for photograph is an instance of-----
11. The initial sound in ‘chair’ and ‘jam’ are examples for-----
12. /t/. /d/, /n/, /l/, /s/ are -----------
13. The word ‘examination’ is a ------word
14. A person who can use two languages is called-----
15. ----------are also called prosodic features.
16. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in commands
17. The form ‘dog’ is a -----morpheme.
18. The initial /l/ and the final /l/ in the word ‘little’ are----
19. ------refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech.
20. The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time is called--------
21. .Stress is used for the sake of -------
22. ------is the process by which new words are coined by combining the segments of two different words.
23. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussure’s Langue and Parole?
24. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in tag questions which imply that the speaker is certain about what is said
25. /m/ is a -------consonant

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