ENG 018_DAY 2 Quiz

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?

• Morphemic

• Semantic

• Syntactic

• Pragmatic

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

• Morphemic

• Semantic

• Syntactic

• Pragmatic

Which statement is true about language?

• a broad term simply referring to human patterned verbal behavior in general

• a set of specific rules for generating speech

• another word for a dialect.

• it refers to once vocabulary

Which of these terms refers to the study of speech sounds of a given language and their function within the sound system of that language?

• Phonetics

• Phonology

• Morphology

• Pronunciation

It is a means of our daily interactions and for us to understand each other. What is this?

Which subfield of language deals with the arrangement of words in a sentence?

What do you call a professional who studies a language/languages?

"Language is arbitrary" means that the decision of a word chosen to mean a specific thing or thought is absolutely _______.

• communication

• pattern

• subjective

• arbitrary

Language is naturally acquired by us.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• Depends on the person's physical capability.

• No, that is why we undergo formal education.

Which characteristic of a language where symbols are arranged in a specific systems?

• Language is a social Phenomenon.

• Language is symbolic system.

• Language is systematic

• Language is non-instinctive, conventiona