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WorksheetsWhat is Linguistics
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What does Linguistics study?
foreign languages
translation
human language
animal language
Linguistics is a
interpretative field
descriptive field
analytical field
explanatory field
Linguistics structure deals with
how we are able to acquire/learn a language
where languages come from
why/how languages change
how our brain puts sentences together
Language acquisition deals with
how we are able to acquire/learn a language
where languages come from
why/how languages change
how our brain puts sentences together
Language history deals with
how we are able to acquire/learn a language
where languages come from
why/how languages change
how our brain puts sentences together
Language change deals with
how we are able to acquire/learn a language
where languages come from
why/how languages change
how our brain puts sentences together
The linguistics model developed by chomsky is based on
Structure trees
language diffusion
acoustic analysis
formal logistics of semantics and pragmatics
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?
Phonemic
Semantic
Syntactic
Pragmatic
Bruce's grammar is quite poor. He lacks which kind of competence?
Phonemic
Semantic
Syntactic
Pragmatic
Which of the following is the smallest unit within a language system?
Syntax
Morpheme
Phoneme
Word
Sentence
Which of the following definitions are consistent with discourse?
Analysis of language beyond the level of the sentence
The smallest meaningful unit of speech
The meaning of language
Rules for putting words together in sentences
The smallest unit in language
