Understanding Language Functions
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1.
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How do linguists understand language to be?
Inborn
Learned
Universal
Constitutive
Recognitive
2.
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What are the main functions of a language?
Constitutive
Social
Communicative
Emotive
General
3.
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What is a "phatic" function of a language?
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What is a "metalinguistic" function of a language?
supports social relations
describes language rules
expresses distinctive functions
maintains historicak relations
5.
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How are language rules explained as a "metalinguistic" function?
by means language itself
via historical relations
through social relations
using distinctive functions
6.
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What are the main properties of linguistic signs?
Present distinctive functions
Introduce constitutive relations
represent concrete objects
include series of sounds
support social relations
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"Language is a system of communication by speaking, writing, or making signs" according to…
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