IRS 2 Prelims - 1: Language

Open Ended

What comes to mind when you hear or see the word language?

Open Ended

Why do you think people communicate with other people?

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What does this symbol mean?

Poll

Do you think before you speak or do you speak before you think?

• think before you speak

• speak before you think

Multiple Choice

Language consists of various sound symbols and their graphological counterparts that are employed to denote some objects, occurrences, or meaning.

• Language is SOCIAL

• Language is SYMBOLIC

• Language is SYSTEMATIC

Multiple Choice

Language is a set of conventional communicative signals used by humans for communication in a community.

• Language is SOCIAL

• Language is SYMBOLIC

• Language is SYSTEMATIC

Multiple Choice

Language is symbolic, its symbols are arranged in a particular system, and all languages have their system of arrangements.

• Language is SOCIAL

• Language is SYMBOLIC

• Language is SYSTEMATIC

Multiple Choice

The structural elements of human language can be combined to produce new utterances, which neither the speaker nor his hearers may ever have made or heard before, yet both sides understand without difficulty.

• Language is VOCAL

• Language is NON INSTINCTIVE, CONVENTIONAL

• Language is PRODUCTIVE and CREATIVE

Multiple Choice

Language is primarily made up of vocal sounds only produced by a physiological articulatory mechanism in the human body.

• Language is VOCAL

• Language is NON INSTINCTIVE, CONVENTIONAL

• Language is PRODUCTIVE and CREATIVE

Multiple Choice

No language was created in a day out of a mutually agreed-upon formula by a group of humans. Language is the outcome of evolution and convention.

• Language is VOCAL

• Language is NON INSTINCTIVE, CONVENTIONAL

• Language is PRODUCTIVE and CREATIVE