Introduction to Linguistics

Linguistics focuses on

• the study of world languages

• the rules and conventions of language

• English phonetics

• the scientific study of language

the branches of linguistics that focus on the structure of language

• syntax & pragmatics

• morphology & phonology

• morphology & syntax

• syntax & semantics

The branches of linguistics that focus on the meaning of a language

• semantics & phonology

• semantics & pragmatics

• morphology & pragmatics

• pragmatics & phonology

The branches of linguistics that focus on the sound system of a language

• phonetics & semantics

• phonetics & phonology

• semantics & syntax

• morphology & pragmatics

The study of the structure of phrases and sentences

• syntax

• morphology

• phonology

• semantics

The Egyptian pharaoh experimented the divine source by isolating two newborn babies with dogs and cats.

• True

• False

Which one of the two developed first: written language or spoken language?

• written

• spoken

The basic hypothesis of the divine source is that if children were allowed to grow up without hearing any language, they would spontaneously begin using the English language.

• True

• False

The natural sound source includes the bow-wow theory.

• True

• False

The social interaction theory’s idea is that the sound of a person involved in ------- effort could be a source of our language.

• physical

• psychological