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What is Linguistics

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Linguistics study?

a)

foreign languages

b)

translation

c)

human language

d)

animal language

2.

Linguistics is a

a)

interpretative field

b)

descriptive field

c)

analytical field

d)

explanatory field

3.

Linguistics structure deals with

a)

how we are able to acquire/learn a language

b)

where languages come from

c)

why/how languages change

d)

how our brain puts sentences together

4.

Language acquisition deals with

a)

how we are able to acquire/learn a language

b)

where languages come from

c)

why/how languages change

d)

how our brain puts sentences together

5.

Language history deals with

a)

how we are able to acquire/learn a language

b)

where languages come from

c)

why/how languages change

d)

how our brain puts sentences together

6.

Language change deals with

a)

how we are able to acquire/learn a language

b)

where languages come from

c)

why/how languages change

d)

how our brain puts sentences together

7.

The linguistics model developed by chomsky is based on

a)

Structure trees

b)

language diffusion

c)

acoustic analysis

d)

formal logistics of semantics and pragmatics

8.

Bruce has a very advanced sense of what is socially appropriate. He always knows what to say in every social context. He has which kind of linguistic competence?

a)

Phonemic

b)

Semantic

c)

Syntactic

d)

Pragmatic

9.

Bruce's grammar is quite poor. He lacks which kind of competence?

a)

Phonemic

b)

Semantic

c)

Syntactic

d)

Pragmatic

10.

Which of the following is the smallest unit within a language system?

a)

Syntax

b)

Morpheme

c)

Phoneme

d)

Word

e)

Sentence

11.

Which of the following definitions are consistent with discourse?

a)

Analysis of language beyond the level of the sentence

b)

The smallest meaningful unit of speech

c)

The meaning of language

d)

Rules for putting words together in sentences

e)

The smallest unit in language