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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Linguistics is the science that focuses on...
world language.
english phonetics.
the rules and conventions of a language.
the scientific study of language.
In Linguistics, the aspect that focuses on the structure of a language:
pragmatics & phonology
morphology & phonology
semantics & syntax
morphology & syntax
In Linguistics, the aspect that focuses on the meaning of a language:
pragmatics & phonology
semantics & phonology
semantics & pragmatics
morphology & syntax
In Linguistics, the aspect that focuses on the sound of a language:
pragmatics & phonology
phonetics & phonology
semantics & pragmatics
morphology & syntax
Morphology is
A branch of Linguistics
The study of words structures
All of the above
A linguists` long-term goal is
to study the differences between different countries
to find out what all languages have in common
to recognize the grammatical structures
The function of language that refers to talk about language itself
communicative
metalanguage
phatic
Language is what distinguishes human beings from other animals. While many animals have codes of communication, these differ in important ways from human language.
true
false
___________ considers how words can be grouped into classes, what are traditionally called “parts of speech”.
Phonology
Syntax
Morphology
Pragmatics
Lexicon is
A branch of Linguistics
the list of the words of any language
None of them
Diachronic linguistics means
the study of language at a given point in time
the study of language through time
the study of language dealing with time
the study of language as a metaphor for time
Synchronic linguistics is the study of a language
at a given point in time
in a relation with its mother languages
that is extinct
as spoken by proto-indo-europeans
Latin languages are also called
Romantic languages
dead languages
Romance languages
Roman languages
D'après Ferdinand de Saussure, qu'est-ce que le signifié ?
Le concept qui permet de se représenter la chose visée par le signe
La forme matérielle, l'image acoustique du signe
D'après Ferdinand de Saussure, qu'est-ce que le signifiant ?
Le concept qui permet de se représenter la chose visée par le signe
La forme matérielle, l'image acoustique du signe
D'après Ferdinand de Saussure, la relation entre le signifiant et le signifié est...
Arbitraire
Nécessaire
Superflu
Immanent
the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Semantics
Syntax
Phonology
Linguistics
a grammatically simplified form of a language, used for communication between people not sharing a common language.
Linguistics
Languange
Creole
Pidgin
a mother tongue formed from the contact of two languages through an earlier pidgin stage.
Pidgin
Dialect
Bisaya
Creole
