Linguistics - Facts and Opinion - Unit Revision

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Linguistics: Facts and Opinion Quiz

Test your knowledge on the distinctions between facts and opinions in linguistics with our comprehensive quiz. This engaging quiz consists of 21 carefully crafted questions designed to enhance your understanding of language use and interpretation.

Key features of the quiz:

Multiple choice, checkboxes, and text responses
Insightful scenarios related to linguistics
Tests your ability to recognize emotive language

21 Questions5 MinutesCreated by AnalyzingWords97

Which THREE of the following are TRUE about statements of fact?

"As illustrated by this simple example, spoken language often communicates emotion beyond the meaning of a speaker's words." is a statement of ...

Fact

Opinion

Choose TWO statements of fact

The Kryts language of Azerbaijan is strange and mysterious.

The New York Yankees crushed the Detroit Tigers.

Government regulations are not enough to protect us from lead (Pb) poisoning.

Recorded voices, not live speech, are necessary for an effective study.

Of the estimated 7,000 languages spoken in the world today, linguists say nearly half are in danger of extinction.

His failure to get tough with rebellious supporters of slavery showed not just weakness but laziness.

Many elementary-level teachers are ................................................... Of the view that it is best for children to learn to read in their first language.

Adherents

Universal

Draw

Emotions

Which one is a statement of opinion?

They exist at the borderlands where biology and chemistry, or astronomy and physics, blend into one another.

As intrusive as these relationships among fields might sometimes be, a broad relevance Indo-European • Uratic Altaic is part of what makes linguistics exciting.

Modern brain-imaging technology has transformed linguistics from an art to a science.

Linguistics is a cognitive science because language is a product of human thought processes.

Which of the following phrases illustrates the writer's opinion about the soundmeaning relationship? Refer to the text on pp. 166-167

Rather odd

Mainstream view

Historical processes

Sweeping conclusion

I think I'll be attending the linguistics conference next week, but maybe not. My plans are ................... .................... because I don't know whether I can get the time off or whether I can book a last-minute flight.

Cognitive

Iffy

Empirical

Constraint

Which one is NOT true about Hedging?

To strengthen the author's remarks

To avoid disagreement

To avoid being too sure about something

To avoid controversy

Choose the correct collocation

Go back on one's promise

Go back on one's life

Go back on one's friend

Go back on one's house

What's the best meaning of "dead" in the sentence "The campus is dead, and everything's quiet because the students are on spring break."?

No longer alive

Not working due to a lack of power

Very tired

Not exciting

What's the best meaning of "dead" in the sentence "He pointed dead ahead."?

Completely or precisely (used for emphasis)

Boring

Not working due to a lack of power

Very tired

Linguistics - Facts and Opinion - Unit Revision

Linguistics: Facts and Opinion Quiz

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