Ch 1 Invitation to linguistics

Ch 1 Invitation to linguistics

University

10 Qs

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Ch 1 Invitation to linguistics

Ch 1 Invitation to linguistics

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English

University

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Michael Jiang

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

By ___ we mean language is resourceful because of its duality and recursiveness.

arbitrariness

conventionality

creativity

displacement

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Idioms are products of ___ of language.

conventionality

arbitrariness

creativity

duality

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"I can refer to Confucius even though he was dead 2,000 years ago." This shows that language has the design feature of ___.

arbitrariness

creativity

duality

displacement

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

___ investigates the interrelation of language and mind, in processing and producing utterances and in language acquisition.

Psycholinguistics

Sociolinguistics

Anthropological linguistics

Computational linguistics

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Human language is ___. This refers to the fact that there is no logical or intrinsic connection between a particular sound and the meaning it is associated with.

dual

arbitrary

creative

conventional

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If a linguist tells people "what should be in language" or "what people should say", he is ___.

directive

descriptive

expressive

prescriptive

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The most important sociological use of language is the ___ function by which people establish and maintain their status in a society.

performative

interpersonal

phatic

metalingual

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