Universals of human language are:

Arbitrariness, discretness, productivity, duality, cultural transmission, convention

Summary statements about characteristics Or tendencies shared by All human speakers

In non-pro-drop languages,

Pronouns are used to express grammatical categories

The person and number of the subject are encoded In the inflection of the verb

The person and number of the subject are encoded In the inflection of the subject

Semantic primes (atoms) are

Semantically basic expression that cannot be further defined

Paraphrases composed In the simplest possibile terms

'Are there universal colour concepts?' is an example of:

Onomasiologically founded question

Semasiologically founded question

Is the geographic boundary of a certain linguistic feature.

Line drawn on a map though all points having the same value of some measurable quantity

Suffixation tenis to correlate with

SOV word order and postpositoos

SOV word order and prepositions

SVO word order and postpositions

From the perspective of the Tea typology, Polish belongs to the

Same type as Lithuanian (others)

Same type as Russian (The Word for TEA is derived from Sintic 'cha')

Same type as English (The Word for TEA is derived from min Nan Chinese 'te')

Typical features of the Standard Average European Sprachbund are:

Definite and indefinite articles, perfect fordem with 'have' plus a passive participle, comparative inflection of adjectives.

Vowel harmony, merger of dative and genitive cases, diminutive suffix '-ica'.

Rich consonantal inventory, reduplication, free Word order.

In pro-drop languages,

Pronouns are used to express grammatical categories

The person and number of the subject are encoded In the inflection of the verb

The person and number of the subject are encoded In the inflection of the subject

Line drawn on a map through All points having the same value of some measurable quantity.

Is the geographical Bondary of a certain linguistic feature.

Extreme cases od linguistic universal

Language features that are extremely rare

Match Chomsky with one of the options below:

Study of a individual's Universal Grammar

Comparison of languages, etholonguistics

Typical features of the Pacific northwest Sprachbund are:

rich consonantal inventory, reduplication, free word order

definite and indefinite articles, perfect fordem with 'have' plus a passive participle, comparative inflection of adjectives

vowel harmony, merger of dative and genitive cases, diminutive suffix '-ica'

Extreme case of linguistic Universal

Typical features of the Balkan Sprachbund are

Vowel harmony, merger of dative and genitive cases, diminutive suffix '-ica'

Definite and indefinite articles, perfect fordem with 'have' pla a passive participle, comparative inflection of adjectives

Rich consonantal inventory, reduplication, free word order

From the perspective of the Tea typology, English belongs to the

Same type as German (the word for TEA is derived from Min Nan Chinese 'te')

Same type as Slovak (the word for TEA is derived from Sintic 'cha')

From the onomasiological perspective we ask

How individual languages categorize extra-linguistic reality

How one lexeme can express different meanings

Where do colour terms come from' is an example of

Onomasiologically founded question

Semasiologically founded question

Observer’s paradox can be formulated as follows:

It refers to a type od reactivity In which individuas modify an aspekt of their behaviour In response to their awareness of being observed

The aim of linguistic research In the community must be to find out how people talk when they are not being systematically observed, yet we can only obtain this data by systematic observation.

are found rarely across language families

are common within geographical are or a language family

are rare of a global scale but common within geographical area or a language family

are found rarely cross language familie

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In 'hand and arm typology' Polish belongs to … type

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