WorksheetsGenerative Grammar
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When you know a language...
You know the sound system of the language.
You know the words that make up the language.
You know the rules that let us build up sentences.
You know the sounds, the words, and the rules of the language.
A language is an arbitrary system because...
The relation between sound and meaning is learnt.
The relation between sound and meaning is clear.
The relation between sound and meaning is natural.
What is an onomatopeic word?
The pronunciation is not clear.
The sound suggests the meaning of the word.
They represent how animals go.
Who stated the Generative Grammar Theory?
Ferdinand de Saussure
Pavlov and Skinner
Noam Chomsky
Alexandra Moreno, the teacher
A characteristic of a language speaker is their creativity, which...
refers to being able to invent new words and new sounds.
refers to being able to create new sentences never heard before.
refers to being able to learn the 450.000 words of a language
All of the above
What is linguistic competence?
It's the use I make of my language.
It's the difference between what I know and what I speak.
It's my capacity to create sentences, words and sounds.
It's the knowledge I have of my language.
What is linguistic performance?
It's my knowledge of the language.
It's my use of the language.
It's the difference between my knowledge and my creativity in the language.
A language universal is...
Any language in the world.
A language that is spoken in many parts of the world.
A characteristic that is common to all the languages in the world.
When we speak, at least in our first language, we do this process...
consciously, paying attention to all we say.
consciously, remembering all the grammar rules we know.
unconsciously, but paying attention to what we say.
unconsciously, just expressing our ideas.
A speaker knowledge of the language can be different from their actual linguistic performance; for example, I can know how to organize the present perfect in English, but I may have difficulty expressing ideas using that tense in my regular speech.
True
False
