Quiz #1: Branches and sub-fields of Linguistics
Name: _______________________________________
1. The science of language including phonology, phonetics,
morphology, syntax, and semantics
2. A dichotomy in linguistics that provides data which confirm or refute
the propositions and theories put forward in general linguistics. It
refers to describing particular languages
3. A dichotomy in linguistics which accounts its concerns in the
application of concepts and findings of linguistics to a variety of
practical tasks, including language-teaching, teaching literature and
etc.
4. The application of the concepts and methods of linguistics to any of
various practical problems involving language. It is proved useful in a
variety of other practical domains, such as mother-tongue teaching,
lexicography, translation, the teaching of reading, and the diagnosis
and treatment of language disability
5. The first branch of linguistics to be placed on a firm scholarly
footing. It refers to the study of language change and of its
consequences
6. This study provides valuable clues about the cultures under
investigation. It refers to the study of the relation between language
and culture.
7. The study of the relation between language and brain started in the
mid nineteenth century by the Frenchman Paul Broca and the
German Carl Wernicke. Here, this branch of linguistics study the
connections between language and brain.
8. A sub-field of linguistics that studies how people comprehend and
produce a communicative act or speech act in a concrete speech
situation.
9. A sub-field of linguistics which deals with how sounds are put
together to form words, and everything related to word formation.
10. A sub-field of linguistics which deals with the sounds of language
and how they are produced.
Quiz #1: Branches and sub-fields of Linguistics
Name: _______________________________________
1. The science of language including phonology, phonetics,
morphology, syntax, and semantics
2. A dichotomy in linguistics that provides data which confirm or refute
the propositions and theories put forward in general linguistics. It
refers to describing particular languages
3. A dichotomy in linguistics which accounts its concerns in the
application of concepts and findings of linguistics to a variety of
practical tasks, including language-teaching, teaching literature and
etc.
4. The application of the concepts and methods of linguistics to any of
various practical problems involving language. It is proved useful in a
variety of other practical domains, such as mother-tongue teaching,
lexicography, translation, the teaching of reading, and the diagnosis
and treatment of language disability
5. The first branch of linguistics to be placed on a firm scholarly
footing. It refers to the study of language change and of its
consequences
6. This study provides valuable clues about the cultures under
investigation. It refers to the study of the relation between language
and culture.
7. The study of the relation between language and brain started in the
mid nineteenth century by the Frenchman Paul Broca and the
German Carl Wernicke. Here, this branch of linguistics study the
connections between language and brain.
8. A sub-field of linguistics that studies how people comprehend and
produce a communicative act or speech act in a concrete speech
situation.
9. A sub-field of linguistics which deals with how sounds are put
together to form words, and everything related to word formation.
10. A sub-field of linguistics which deals with the sounds of language
and how they are produced.