
What is a Language?
Authored by Panharith Nat
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a language?
A system of arbitrary conventionalized symbols
A system of random sounds combined together
A system of non-verbal gestures only
A system of written symbols only
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Arbitrary means there is no relationship between the sound and the meaning of the word. The meaning is randomly assigned by speakers of the language.
True
False
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of knowing a language?
Knowing what sounds/ signs are in that language
Knowing how to produce new sentences
Knowing how to interpret sounds produced by others
Knowing how to speak multiple languages
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the ability to produce new sentences never spoken before demonstrate?
Displacement
Discreteness
Creativity
Conventionality
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following sequences of sounds are examples of knowing certain sequences signify certain concepts?
Toy, boy
Glucose, glory, globe
Glare, glint, gleam
None of the above
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an example of a sentence that conforms to the English grammar rules for forming sentences?
She eats breakfast at the canteen.
She breakfast eats at the canteen.
At the canteen, she breakfast eats.
None of the above
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which property of language refers to the ability to refer to different times and places?
Discreteness
Creativity
Conventionality
Displacement
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