Some concepts in Linguistics

According to Saussure the social use of language corresponds to

• Parole

• Langue

• Langage

• Linguistics

According to Saussure the concrete use of the language that each individual has, corresponds to ...

• Langage

• Langue

• Parole

• Diachrony

This perspective means that language is studied at a specific point in time.

• Synchrony

• Diachrony

• Duality

• Arbitrariness

It is an abstract structure whose instances participate in a linguistic system

• Signified

• Signifier

• Linguistic Sign

• Langue

It refers to the acoustic image, or the graphic representation

• Linguistic sign

• Signifier

• Signified

• Icon

It refers to the concept and a sound (or a series of sounds.

concept, the meaning.

• Linguistic Sign

• Signified

• Signier

• Icon

Who was considered the 'Father of Linguistics

• William James

• Ferdinand de Saussure

• Leonard Bloomfield

• Noam Chomsky

It is the ability of native speakers to create and understand grammatical sentences, to detect deviant and ungrammatical sentences, and to make other linguistic judgments about utterance in their language.

• Language Competence

• Language Performance

• Speech Error

• Both A and B

What do you call the actual utterances produced by speakers of a language?

• Language Competence

• Language Performance

• Knowledge

• Speech Error

Competence is the knowledge that persons have of their grammar.

• True

• False