Lingüística Quiz

Who developed the theory of Transformational and Generative Grammar?

• Noam Chomsky

• Ferdinand de Saussure

• Roman Jakobson

• Edward Sapir

What aspect of Transformational and Generative Grammar focuses on the deep structure of sentences?

• The rules of transformation

• The competence and performance

• The structuralism

• The surface structure

What evidence suggests that children have an innate ability to understand the rules and structures of language?

• Positive evidence

• Negative evidence

• Pragmatic evidence

• Grammatical evidence

What is linguistic competence according to Chomsky?

• The innate knowledge of how to speak and understand a language correctly

• The ability to learn a language through imitation

• The skill of translating between different languages

• Competence in the grammar of a foreign language

What are semantic roles in a sentence?

• The grammatical rules that govern the structure of a sentence

• The specific functions that words perform in a sentence

• The personal associations with certain words

• The sounds and intonations that give meaning to a sentence

What are the semantic characteristics of words?

• The sounds and intonations that give meaning to a word

• The personal associations one has with certain words

• The grammatical rules that govern the use of words

• Labels that words carry to help understand their meaning

What is the function of an instrument in a sentence?

• Entity that experiences an action

• Entity used by an agent to perform an action

• Place where an action occurs

• Origin or starting point of an action

What does the Experiencer role represent in a sentence?

• Origin or starting point of an action

• Participant characterized as aware of something

• Entity that performs the action

• Place where an object is located

What does the role of Localization indicate in a sentence?

• Entity used by an agent to perform an action

• Where an entity is located

• Entity performing the action

• Entity experiencing an action

What is the importance of understanding the semantic roles in a sentence?

• Helps to break down the relationships between words and the actions they convey

• Improves pronunciation and intonation when speaking

• Facilitates the memorization of vocabulary

• Allows to identify the grammatical rules of a language