1. Welcome to Who Wants to be a Millionaire
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5. The English Language had originated from the…15
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B: Anglos and Saxons
A: Italians
C: Asian
D: Pepes

6. One of the factors that shaped the English language is…15
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B: animals
A: Fashion
C: Science
D: Angels from heaven

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8. English words have changed its meaning due to…15
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A: The Royal Academy
B: Rebellion
C: Culture/Trends
D: Government

9. Ferdinand De Saussure is known as…15
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Ferdinand De Saussure is known as… 12
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A: The Godfather of
Linguistics
B: The Father of Modern
Linguistics
C: The father of
the bride
D: He is not known for
anything

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11. De Saussure may be compared to…15
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A: Piaget
B: Noam Chomsky
C: Gardner
D: Leandro & Jonathan

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13. Language may be defined as …15
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Language may be defined as … 12
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B: A bunch of sounds
A: People
C: Words of a particular kind.
D: A certain race.

14. Words are… 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11
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Combination of sounds with a meaning 6
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B: Combination of sounds with a meaning
A: How language develops
D: French, English, German
C: use of language in a community

15. You’ve Reached the $1,000 Milestone! Congratulations! Congratulations!

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17. The science of speech sounds.15
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B: The science of speech sounds.
A: The same as parole
C: Language
D: Diachrony

18. An example of a word that has been added a different meaning is…15
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An example of a word that has been added a different meaning is… 14
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A: cat
B: mouse
C: dog
D: eagle

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20. morphemes and phonemes15
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A: morhpemes & phonemes
B: morhemes & paradigm
C: syntagm & paradigm
D: phonemes & syntagm

21. The meaning of dialect is…15
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The meaning of dialect is… 12
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B: The use of language as an individual
A: the use of language as a community
D: the use of language at a point in time
C: the use of language as a whole

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23. The meaning of the word sociolect is…15
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B: The study of phonetics
A: The study of words
C: Language defined on social grounds.
D: The study of letters

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B: Chomsky
A: Krashen
C: Piaget
D: De Saussure

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26. The meaning of regiolect is…15
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B: Language spoken in a particular geographic area.
A: What we see.
D: The linear pattern or sequence
of linguistic objects
C: How we read numbers.

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A: language
B: language in an area
C: pronunciation only
D: Cognitive able

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29. Received pronunciation is.. A: perceived of English of the educated15
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A: perceived of English of the educated
B: Old English
C: The English you hear
D: A dilect

30. The approximate age for a child to be in the pre-operational stage is…15
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A: 0-2 years old
B: years old
C: 2-7 years old
D: years old

31. You’ve Reached the $32,000 Milestone! Congratulations!

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33. A characteristic of Conservative RP is…15
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A: concrete formal
B: evolutionary
C: formal operational
D: resistant to change

34. A characteristic of General RP…15
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A: The type of English commonly used
B: repeating
C: speaking
D: anxiety

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36. A characteristic of Advanced RP is…15
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A: Chiefly used by young people of exclusive groups
B: mostly used by older people
C: Is practiced by many nations
D: Is practiced around the world

37. Chomsky compares the ability of language acquisition to a …15
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A: snow
B: cell
C: snowball
D: snowflake

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39. Mainstream RP corresponds to …15
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A: General RP
B: Conservative RP
C: Advanced RP
D: listening

40. Phonology studies… 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,00011
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A: Music
B: The sound system
D: The smallest
unit of a word.
C: How students are different.

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42. Phone comes from the Greek word…15
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B: Phone, meaning human voice
A: Phone, meaning sound waves
C: Phone, meaning communicate
D: Phone, meaning cell phone bills

43. The smallest unit of sound15
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A: The smallest unit of a word
B: The smallest unit of a letter
C: The smallest unit of a cell
D: None of the above

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45. Who is the best professor at USC?15
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Harry Martinez 6
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A: Myrna Monllor
B: Harry Martinez
C: Helen Aviles
D: Silma Rivera

46. Who is the best student of the class?15
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A: Leandro
B: Eric
C: Isabel
D: Me

47. YOU WIN $1 MILLION DOLLARS!