Unit 5: Language Mock Tests
Comprehensive topic-wise practice tests covering linguistics, language theories, and pedagogy with detailed solutions and performance analytics
"Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication." - Wardhaugh
Key Concepts: Design features, Functions of language, Human vs animal communication, Properties of language
Bilabial, Labiodental, Dental,
Alveolar, Palatal, Velar, Glottal
Key Concepts: IPA symbols, Phonemes/allophones, Suprasegmentals, Phonological processes
"Unbreakable" = un- (prefix) + break (root) + -able (suffix)
Key Concepts: Morpheme types, Inflection vs derivation, Word formation processes, Morphological analysis
NP → (Det) (Adj) N (PP)
VP → V (NP) (PP)
Key Concepts: Phrase structure, Transformations, IC analysis, Grammatical categories
"Can you pass the salt?" - Literal meaning vs. pragmatic request
Key Concepts: Lexical relations, Speech acts, Grice's maxims, Deixis, Presupposition
"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously." - Chomsky's grammatical but nonsensical sentence
Key Concepts: Structuralism, Generativism, Functionalism, Cognitive linguistics
"A language is a dialect with an army and navy." - Weinreich
Key Concepts: Language variation, Diglossia, Code-switching, Language policy
1. Acquisition-Learning
2. Monitor
3. Input (i+1)
4. Affective Filter
5. Natural Order
Key Concepts: L1/L2 acquisition, Critical period, Error analysis, Interlanguage
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin
Key Concepts: Teaching methods, CLT, TBLT, Learner autonomy, Needs analysis
Discourse analysis, Stylistics, World Englishes, ESP, Corpus linguistics, New media English.
"Texting is not writing. It's fingered speech." - David Crystal
Key Concepts: Cohesion/coherence, Register analysis, Kachru's circles, Lexical bundles
