TOPIC 1 QUIZ

Complete this definition by Sapir: “Language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating

ideas, emotions, feelings and desires by means of ____________produced symbols”

• involuntarily

• arbitrarily

• voluntarily

• imaginary

Which language property establishes "the potential number of utterances in any human language

is infinite"?

• Arbitrariness

• Productivity

• Duality

• Displacement

Historically speaking, written language was considered the medium of...

(a)  

Which is not an essential element of oral language?

• mechanics

• stress

• rhythm

• pitch

In which linguistic level does the speaker have a say in stress?

• sentence level

• word level

• phonetic level

Which characteristic of oral language means that some words could be omitted?

(a)  

What type of system is alphabetic writing?

• Non-phonological system

• Pictogram system

• Syllabic system

• Phonological system

Which writing skill is missing?

Mechanics, production, linguistics, cognition and...

(a)  

Which writing skills refers to the organisational aspect (cohesion, coherence...)?

• conventions

• production

• cognition

• mechanics

Which sentence is not correct, regarding written language?

• It demands more correction than oral language

• It's dynamic and interactive

• It's more formal

• It requires formal instruction