Generative Grammar

When you know a language...

• You know the sound system of the language.

• You know the words that make up the language.

• You know the rules that let us build up sentences.

• You know the sounds, the words, and the rules of the language.

A language is an arbitrary system because...

• The relation between sound and meaning is learnt.

• The relation between sound and meaning is clear.

• The relation between sound and meaning is natural.

What is an onomatopeic word?

• The pronunciation is not clear.

• The sound suggests the meaning of the word.

• They represent how animals go.

Who stated the Generative Grammar Theory?

• Ferdinand de Saussure

• Pavlov and Skinner

• Noam Chomsky

• Alexandra Moreno, the teacher

A characteristic of a language speaker is their creativity, which...

• refers to being able to invent new words and new sounds.

• refers to being able to create new sentences never heard before.

• refers to being able to learn the 450.000 words of a language

• All of the above

What is linguistic competence?

• It's the use I make of my language.

• It's the difference between what I know and what I speak.

• It's my capacity to create sentences, words and sounds.

• It's the knowledge I have of my language.

What is linguistic performance?

• It's my knowledge of the language.

• It's my use of the language.

• It's the difference between my knowledge and my creativity in the language.

A language universal is...

• Any language in the world.

• A language that is spoken in many parts of the world.

• A characteristic that is common to all the languages in the world.

When we speak, at least in our first language, we do this process...

• consciously, paying attention to all we say.

• consciously, remembering all the grammar rules we know.

• unconsciously, but paying attention to what we say.

• unconsciously, just expressing our ideas.

A speaker knowledge of the language can be different from their actual linguistic performance; for example, I can know how to organize the present perfect in English, but I may have difficulty expressing ideas using that tense in my regular speech.

• True

• False