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L&L_Review_Version_3_Units_1-4

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Aristotle's work which divided words by expressions of speech is called

a)

De Interpretatione

b)

Prior Analytics

c)

Categories

d)

Sophistical Refutations

2.

What is functionalism?

4 lines
3.

Who were participants of the Prague Linguistic Circle?

4 lines
4.

Zarncke, Brigmann, Leskien, Sievers were...

(a)  

5.

Who identified word affixes and established pronunciation rules

a)

Aristotle

b)

Panini

c)

Priscian

d)

Rasmus Rask and

Jakob Grimm

6.

Who provided a sound basis for studying

grammar and expressing grammatical

functions in words?

a)

Port Royal

b)

Dionysius Thrax

c)

Noam Chomsky

d)

Edward Sapir and

Benjamin Whorf

7.

What kind of approach considers the study of language at a particular point in time?

(a)  

8.

What is the name of this lexicographer?

4 lines
9.

What is phonetics?

4 lines
10.

What is interested in the movement of various parts of the vocal tract during speech?

(a)  

11.

Provide a sentence which would have a figurative meaning.

4 lines
12.

In what ways may the words be semantically related?

4 lines
13.

Why study pragmatics?

4 lines
14.

Provide a synonym to the word "to express one's personality"?

(a)  

15.

The ability of a linguistic sign to carry some meaning for user

a)

arbitrariness

b)

mode of communaction

c)

semanticity

d)

interchangeability

16.

The ways through which messages are transmitted, using one or more sensory systems to transmit and interpret, such as vocal-auditory or visual.

a)

creativity

b)

cultural transmission

c)

arbitrariness

d)

pragmatic function