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According to the source, what is language considered first and foremost?

• A means of cognition and communication
• An essential feature distinguishing humans
• A means of transmitting information
• A way to express ideas and emotions

What does knowing a language enable you to do regarding words, according to the source?

• Buy a dictionary listing all possible sentences
• Combine words to form phrases and sentences
• Understand only sentences you have heard before
• Create great literature

What is required in linguistic knowledge, in addition to knowing the words of a language, to form well-formed sentences?

• A complete dictionary of all possible sentences
• The ability to create great literature
• Rules for the combination of words
• An unlimited set of rules

According to the source, what property of human language does Noam Chomsky refer to as the ability to produce and understand an infinite set of new sentences?

• Lexical System
• Phonological System
• Grammatical System
• Creative aspect of language use

Language is described as a system of signs functioning due to the unity and interaction of three constituent parts or subsystems. Which of the following is NOT listed as one of these parts?

• The phonological system
• The lexical system
• The grammatical system
• The semantic system

Which linguistic discipline studies the whole set of regularities, or rules, determining the formation of utterances in the process of discourse?

• Phonology
• Lexicology
• Grammar
• Morphology

The word "grammar" derives from Greek and means "art of letters." According to the source, in its narrow sense, what does the term "grammar" primarily refer to the study of?

• Lexicology and Pragmatics
• Phonology and Semantics
• Morphology and Syntax
• Etymology and Dialectology [Not in source]

According to the source, until which century was the term "grammar" in English applied only to the study of Latin?

• 15th century
• 17th century
• 18th century
• 19th century

What type of grammar, emerging around the middle of the 18th century, stated strict rules of grammatical usage and set up a standard of correctness?

• Prenormative grammar
• Descriptive grammar
• Theoretical grammar
• Prescriptive (normative) grammar

Which type of grammar exhaustively describes the grammatical constructions of a language without teaching rules, but rather describing the rules already known by a speaker?

• Prescriptive grammar
• Practical grammar
• Descriptive grammar
• Theoretical grammar