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WorksheetsLINGUISTIC THEORIES OF TRANSLATION: Roman Jacobson
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
No one can understand the word ‘cheese’ unless he has a --------------------------
Heard cheese
Non linguistic acquaintance with cheese”.
Read the word.
None of the above
Give an example of word pertaining to only linguistic acquaintance:
Gods
Nectar
Ambrosia
All above
Three ways of interpreting a verbal sign are_
Verbal, non-verbal and oral
Other signs of same language, into other language, nonverbal system of symbols
Verbal, non-verbal and written
None above
Name three kinds of translation:
Inter-lingual, intra-lingual, verbal
Inter-semiotic, inter-lingual, intra-lingual
Verbal, nonverbal, semiotic.
None above
An interpretation of verbal signs by means of other signs of the same language is called:
Inter-lingual translation
Intra-lingual translation
Inter semiotic translation
Inter verbal translation
An interpretation of verbal signs by means of signs of nonverbal sign systems is called:
Intra-semiotic translation
Semiotic translation
Inter-semiotic translation
All above
An interpretation of verbal signs by means of some other language is called:
Inter lingual translation or translation proper
Intra-semiotic translation
Semiotic translatioin
Intra-lingual translation
An interpretation of verbal signs by means of signs of nonverbal sign systems.
Inter-semiotic translation or transmutation
Semiotic translation
Intra-semiotic translation
Intra-lingual translation
The cardinal problem of language and the pivotal concern of linguistics is:
Multilinguality
Equivalence in difference
Learning capability
None of the above
Any comparison of two languages implies :
An examination of their mutual translatability
Their difference
Learning of two languages
Learning capability
Whenever there is deficiency of terminology the possibility is:
a)
Loanwords or Loan translation
Loan language
Loan concepts
Loan texts
Ways of personifying or metaphorically interpreting inanimate nouns are prompted by their
gender.
True
False
True/false
Not applicable
