LESSON 1: THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE

Who says that language is a system of signs composed of two parts: signified and signifier?

A. Noam Chomsky

B. Ferdinand Saussure

C. Edward Sapir

D. Socrates

• B

• A

• C

• D

Who said that language is a purely human and non-instinctive. It is not automatic — we learn from it.

A. Edward Sapir

B. Ferdinand Saussure

C. Socrates

D. Noam Chomsky

• A

• B

• C

• D

Who says that language is an innate capacity — we are born able to do.

A. Ferdinand Saussure

B. Edward Sapir

C. Noam Chomsky

D. Socrates

• C

• A

• B

• D

Who banned the topic related to the origin of language?

A. Philippine Association

B. UNESCO

C. WARATA Organization

D. Paris Linguistic Society

• D

• A

• B

• C

It is the Higher Being that credited with giving humans language.

A. The Divine Source

B. Bow-wow

C. The Social Interaction Theory

D. Yo-he-ho

• A

• B

• C

• D

In ___, God gave Adam the power to name all creatures.

A. Hinduism

B. Buddhism

C. Biblical tradition

D. None of the above

• C

• A

• B

• D

In ___, language cam from ___, the wife of Brahma.

A. Hindu Tradition, Hanzo

B. Hindu Tradition, Sarasvati

C. Hindu Tradition, Una

D. Hindu Tradition, Keshna

• B

• A

• C

• D

What is being described at the book of Genesis?

A. Just

B. Key

C. Mammals

D. Babel

• D

• A

• B

• C

Identify the sounds of the environment, allowing humans to make a connection between a sound and the thing producing that sound.

A. Bow-wow

B. Natural sound source

C. Physical adaptations

D. None

• B

• A

• C

• D

Caw-Caw, Coo, Splash, Boom, Buzz —Soundless things (low branch), abstract concepts (truth), and language is only a set of words used as "names" for things.

A. Bow-wow

B. Yo-he-ho

C. Pooh-Pooh

• A

• B

• C