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WorksheetsSchools of Linguistics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
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1.
According to Saussure, sign is the union of...
a)
Sign & signature
b)
Signature & signifier
c)
Signifier & signifie
d)
Signifiant & signifie
2.
Viewing a particular state of a language at some given point in time is known as...
a)
Synchronic approach
b)
Semantic approach
c)
Diachronic approach
d)
Functional approach
3.
Grimm's Law concerns with..
a)
Similarities between languages
b)
translation method
c)
Differences between PIE and Germanic language group
d)
Differences between Proto Indo-European and Greek language
4.
Viewing the historical development of a language and looking into the language with all its features change are the characteristics of..
a)
Semantic approach
b)
Diachronic approach
c)
Functional approach
d)
Synchronic approach
5.
Two primary theories that hugely influenced the views on Linguistics/language studies in 19th Century were...
a)
Mechanistic Physics & Geography
b)
Biology & Mechanistic Physics
c)
Astronomy & Anthropology
d)
Chemistry & Physics
6.
The ways that linguistic units can be combined into longer constructions are best to define..
a)
syntagmatic relations
b)
paradigmatic relations
c)
lexical relations
d)
causal relations
7.
The relationships between elements that can substitute each other in the same position of linguistic structure are called..
a)
syntactic relations
b)
syntagmatic relations
c)
kinship relations
d)
paradigmatic relations
8.
The physical data of the language that can be tangibly observed, according to Saussure, called..
a)
langue
b)
language
c)
parole
d)
creole
9.
The general system that governs the language and, therefore, intangible is Saussure's concept of..
a)
creole
b)
langue
c)
parole
d)
language
10.
The highest common factor of the phonemes whose opposition is neutralized, as coined by Trubetzkoy, called..
a)
archiphoneme
b)
allophone
c)
phonemic
d)
equipollent
11.
A linguistic response takes place after the presence of sensible stimuli surrounding the speaker is one of the ideas proposed by..
a)
Bloomfield
b)
Saussure
c)
Boas
d)
Mathesius
12.
An utterance uttered without prior stimuli presented to the speaker, according to Behaviourist, is called..
a)
speech
b)
displaced speech
c)
indirect speech
d)
direct speech
13.
A linguistic school founded on the idea that there was no ideal type of language and thus human languages are of great diversity is..
a)
Descriptivist
b)
Behaviourist
c)
Structuralist
d)
Junggrammatiker
14.
As part of Prague Linguist, Roman Jakobson developed a theory called..
a)
privative
b)
linguistic relativity
c)
linguistic universal
d)
phonological universals
15.
The understanding of the language element behind the sign in the form of the speaker's concept or called meaning is ...
a)
signifiant
b)
parole
c)
signifie
d)
langue
16.
According to Saussure, signifiant means..
a)
mental concept
b)
speech-sound
c)
langue
d)
syntagmatic relations
17.
Which of the following linguists belong to the Prague school?
a)
Bloomfield & Boas
b)
Jakobson & Andre martinet
c)
Saussure & Jakobson
d)
Bloomfield & Saussure
18.
Wave' theory in language studies was initially proposed by..
a)
Schleicher
b)
Martinet
c)
Schmidt
d)
Jakobson
19.
Stammbaum theory considers that language is..
a)
an entity that expands across border
b)
Godly gift
c)
biological entity
d)
not related each other
20.
The subclassification of inflecting languages according to August Schlegel is..
a)
Synthetic and Analytic
b)
Synchronic and Diachronic
c)
Signifier and Signified
d)
Langue and Parole
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