Linguistic Tutorial II Quiz

What is structuralism?

• The academic study of language

• Linguistic viewpoint that views language as a system

• Examines how words are created, structured and changed

• The study of speech sounds

What is the counter movement to formalism?

• Structuralism

• Existentialism

• Functionalism

• Nihilism

What is Formalism?

• Focus on function

• Study of possible combinations of phonemes in a specific language

• Study of meaning in context

• Focus on form/structure

Which of these is an example for iconicity?

• To ring the doorbell

• I flew away

• I went to McDonalds and ate a Cheeseburger

• Universal Grammar is a concept invented by Noam Chomsky

Which of these is a minimal pair?

• sink/think

• helicopter/car

• bird/robin

• Chickenburger/Hamburger

Which of the following is not a Subprinciple of the principle of iconicity?

• Subprinciple of sequential order

• Subprinciple of distance

• Subprinciple of quality

• Subprinciple of quantity

What are some of the properties of the human language

• Reflexivity

• Cultural transmission

• Conciseness

• Displacement

Which of the following are forms of semantics (study of meaning in language)?

• Affirmative

• Directive

• Referential

• Associative/emotive

When there is contiguity between a word and its meaning it is an example for...

• an icon

• a symbol

• an index

• similarity

Which of the following is NOT a semantic role?

• Agent

• Target

• Goal

• Theme