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INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS QUIZ #1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Linguistics focuses on

a)

the study of world languages

b)

the rules and conventions of language

c)

English phonetics

d)

the scientific study of language

2.

He considers language as a set of culturally transmitted behavior patterns shared by a group of individuals.

a)

Charles Fries

b)

Malinowski

c)

Joseph Greenberg

d)

Oller

3.

He believed that speech is language and the written is just a secondary reflection of the language.

a)

Searle & Austin

b)

Malinowski

c)

Joseph Greenberg

d)

Charles Fries

4.

He believed that language has two elements, the cognitive and emotive or affective.

a)

Malinowski

b)

Joseph Greenberg

c)

Oller

d)

Charles Fries

5.

Its function is creating stories, games and new linguistic play including poems, rhymes, riddles not necessarily about anything at all.

a)

Representational Function

b)

Imaginative Function

c)

Heuristic Function

d)

Regulatory Function

6.

Its function is to get along with others to include or exclude.

a)

Representational Function

b)

Interactional Function

c)

Heuristic Function

d)

Regulatory Function

7.

Its function is to seek and learn using language to explore one’s environment.

a)

Representational Function

b)

Interactional Function

c)

Heuristic Function

d)

Regulatory Function

8.

Its function is to communicate information and convey a message with specific reference to the processes, objects and relations of the real world with him/her.

a)

Representational Function

b)

Interactional Function

c)

Heuristic Function

d)

Regulatory Function

9.

Language can be described in terms of observable and verifiable data as it is being used

a)

Structuralist's View

b)

Transformationalist's View

c)

Functionalist's View

d)

Interactionalist's View

10.

Language is a tool for creating and maintaining social interactions through conversations.

a)

Structuralist's Views

b)

Transformationalist's View

c)

Functionalist's View

d)

Interactionalist's View

11.

Language is a dynamic system through which members of a community exchange information

a)

Structuralist's Views

b)

Transformationalist's View

c)

Functionalist's View

d)

Interactionalist's View

12.

These are points in an argument that a writer takes for granted and do not prove with evidence/s.

a)

Experience

b)

Senses

c)

Assumptions

d)

Prior Knowledge

13.

All of us have a large store of information- “everybody knows” that we apply to new situations and problems: it usually reflects the simplest way of looking at things.

a)

Prior Knowledge

b)

Conventional Wisdom

c)

Senses

d)

Experiences

14.

Whether we like it or not, each one of us sometimes injects what is best for ourselves into our decisions.

a)

Values

b)

Emotions

c)

Self Interest

d)

Experiences

15.

1. Language is a set of symbols/words based or determined by individual preference.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

Language is utilized for communication.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

Meaning are in words not in people.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

Language is based on oral and aural system.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

Language is essential only for human beings.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

The culture that we grew up, in the culture we have adopted, the predominant culture in the society – all have their effects on us, and push us into thinking in particular ways.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE