What is Linguistics

What does Linguistics study?

• foreign languages

• translation

• human language

• animal language

Linguistics is a

• interpretative field

• descriptive field

• analytical field

• explanatory field

Linguistics structure deals with

• how we are able to acquire/learn a language

• where languages come from

• why/how languages change

• how our brain puts sentences together

Language acquisition deals with

• how we are able to acquire/learn a language

• where languages come from

• why/how languages change

• how our brain puts sentences together

Language history deals with

• how we are able to acquire/learn a language

• where languages come from

• why/how languages change

• how our brain puts sentences together

Language change deals with

• how we are able to acquire/learn a language

• where languages come from

• why/how languages change

• how our brain puts sentences together

The linguistics model developed by chomsky is based on

• Structure trees

• language diffusion

• acoustic analysis

• formal logistics of semantics and pragmatics

Bruce has a very advanced sense of what is socially appropriate. He always knows what to say in every social context. He has which kind of linguistic competence?

• Phonemic

• Semantic

• Syntactic

• Pragmatic

Bruce's grammar is quite poor. He lacks which kind of competence?

• Phonemic

• Semantic

• Syntactic

• Pragmatic

Which of the following is the smallest unit within a language system?

• Syntax

• Morpheme

• Phoneme

• Word

• Sentence