Linguistics Interview Questions

Linguistics interview questions

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Total Questions: 10

1. What is the study of language and languages?

A. Phonetics

B. Syntax

C. Linguistics

D. Semantics

Correct Answer is : Linguistics

2. It is the study of the meaning of languages.

A. Phonetics

B. Syntax

C. Linguistics

D. Semantics

Correct Answer is : Semantics

3. Phonetics is the study of the sounds of language. What do we call to this sounds?

A. Morphemes

B. Phonemes

C. Syntax

D. Lexicology

Correct Answer is : Syntax

4. What is the study of language as it pertains to social classes, ethnic groups and genders?

A. Psycholinguistics

B. Comparative linguistics

C. Sociolinguistics

D. Linguistics

Correct Answer is : Sociolinguistics

5. It is the study of language from a cognitive and developmental law.

A. Psycholinguistics

B. Sociolinguistics

C. Comparative linguistics

D. Linguistics

Correct Answer is : Psycholinguistics

6. Who among these is an ancient linguist of India?

A. Patanjali

B. Tista Bagchi

C. Noam Chomsky

D. Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya

Correct Answer is : Patanjali

7. To which of these people, language is a means to interpret human experience?

A. Anthropologist

B. Sociologist

C. Philosopher

D. Students of literature

Correct Answer is : Philosopher

8. Which of these words are based on the phenomena, ‘Onomatopoeia ‘?

A. Cuckoo

B. Book

C. Door

D. Blackboard

Correct Answer is : Cuckoo

9. Which of these is not a type of linguistics?

A. Historical

B. Personal

C. Comparative

D. Synchronic

Correct Answer is : Personal

10. Which of these finds out how a certain set of people use a language at a given time?

A. Diachronic Linguistics

B. Comparative Linguistics

C. Synchronic Linguistics

D. Historical Linguistics

Correct Answer is : Synchronic Linguistics

Linguistics interview questions