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Language is a type of patterned ________

• human behavior

• human social situations

• linguistic analysis

• linguistic theory

• human participant

Find the definition of "general linguistics"

• a practice-oriented linguistic approach that seeks to describe the differences and similarities between a pair of languages

• a study of the phenomena, historical changes, and functions of language without restriction to a particular language or to a particular aspect of language

• the application of linguistic knowledge, methods, and insights to the forensic context of law, language, crime investigation, trial, and judicial procedure

• the branch of linguistics concerned with practical applications of language studies, for example language teaching, translation, and speech therapy

• a study of the relationships or correspondences  between two or more languages and techniques used to discover whether the languages have a common ancestor

What is language?

• all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation

• the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex

• a system of communication which consists of a set of sounds and written symbols which are used by the people of a particular country or region for talking or writing

• the study of the origin and history of words, or a study of this type relating to one particular word

• the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words

What is a language behavior?

• is the science-based use of language to persuade

• is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language

• is the study of language, speech units in terms of its constituent parts, content function and other features

• is the set of observable verbal utterances related to a person in certain situations

• a study of the phenomena, historical changes, and functions of language without restriction to a particular language or to a particular aspect of language

How many substances are there?

• five

• ten

• six

• seven

• two

What is phonology?

• the science of speech sounds including especially the history and theory of sound changes in a language or in two or more related languages

• the study of the internal structure of words and forms a core part of linguistic study today

• the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence

• the study of the meaning of words, phrases and sentences

• the study of how context contributes to meaning

Find the definition of term "graphology"

• the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence

• the study of handwriting especially for the purpose of character analysis

• the study of the internal structure of words and forms a core part of linguistic study today

• the study of the meaning of words, phrases and sentences

• the study of how context contributes to meaning

The relationship between graphology and graphic substance is called ________

• phonologic meaning

• morphologic meaning

• graphetic meaning

• psychologic meaning

• semantic meaning

Find the definition of term "context"

• a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them

• an assembly or meeting for consultation, advice, or discussion

• a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics

• is the interlevel relating grammar/lexis and situa- tion, indicated by the dashed line on the right of the above diagram.

• a statement that tells you how something or someone looks, sounds

In English grammar we set up a hierarchy of how many units?

• 10

• 13

• 21

• 11

• 5