SLOT 2 - LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

Hand movements could be considered part of language

• TRUE

• FALSE

Language is an organized system with multiple parts to it.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Sign language can be used for communication, but it is not as systematic as spoken language.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Some languages are less complex overall, and therefore inferior, to other languages.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Panini, who was from India and analyzed Sanskrit, was one of the earliest linguists.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Serious study of language began only when 19th-century scholars wondered about the origins of all languages.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The foundation of modern linguistics comes from an early focus on comparing languages and studying their histories.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Modern linguists are more interested in studying language variation than the history of ancient languages.

• TRUE

• FALSE