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1) A term which refers to the sequential characteristics of language. When we construct WORDS and SENTENCES we follow a certain order in arranging the individual items. a. Syntagmatic b. Synergy c. Performance d. N. O. T
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2) A term introduced by the linguist SAUSSURE which refers to the state of a language as it exists at any given time a. Synchrony b. Diachrony c. Paradigmatic d. N. O. T
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3) The study of signs is termed as_________? a. Semiotics b. Semantics c. Paradigmatic d. Parole
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4) In its general sense it refers to the creative capacity of language users to produce an endless number of new sentences, in contrast to the communication systems of animals is called ? a. Productivity b. Langue c. Paradigmatic d. Parole
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5) __________ is term introduced by CHOMSKY to describe ‘the actual use of language in concrete situations’ a. Performance b. Parole c. Paradigmatic d. N. O. T
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6) The system of communication within a community. a. Langue b. Parole c. Paradigmatic d. N. O. T
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7) A pair of terms introduced by Noam CHOMSKY in 1965 to describe native speakers’ intuitions about the grammatical correctness, or otherwise, of sentences. a. Both b and c b. Diachrony/Synchrony c. Acceptable/Unacceptable d. N. O. T
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8) The study of language and mind, which has greatly advanced our understanding of the way in which we acquire language is_________? a. Sociolinguistics b. Psycholinguisctics c. Biolinguistics d. None of these
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9) Who argues that language is a unique evolutionary development of the human species and distinguished from modes of communication used by any other animal species ? a. Ferdenand de Sassure b. Albert Chomsky c. Noam Chomsky d. Noah Webster
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10) There are ______ consonant sounds in English IPA. a. 22 b. 23 c. 24 d. 25
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11) There are ______ vowel sounds in English IPA. a. 19 b. 20 c. 21 d. 22
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12) Noam Chomsky was born in _________? a. December 7, 1928 b. December 8, 1928 c. December 9, 1928 d. December 10, 1928
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13) Father of modern linguistics is ________? a. Noam Chomsky b. Ferdenand De Sassure c. None of these d. Both A and B
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14) The theory of Biolinguistics is given by__________? a. Noam Chomsky b. Ferdenand De Sassure c. Steven Pinker d. Enoch Powell
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15) Transformational-generative grammar is a broad theory used to model, encode, and deduce a native speaker’s linguistic capabilities, was developed by_________? a. Noam Chomsky b. Ferdenand De Sassure c. Leon Battista Alberti d. Enoch Powell
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16) Chomsky developed Transformational-Generative Grammar in________? a. 1950 b. 1951 c. 1952 d. 1953
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17) Competence is a term to describe the knowledge possessed by native users of a language which enables them to speak and understand their language fluently was introduced by________? a. Sassure b. Enoch Powel c. Noam Chomsky d. None of these
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18) _______ is a term denotes historical perspective for studying language ? a. Synchrony b. Diachrony c. Both a and b d. None of these
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19) Reflections on Language is a book written by Noam Choamsky in__________? a. 1975 b. 1976 c. 1977 d. 1988
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20) The Syntactic Structures is a book written by Noam Choamsky in__________? a. 1957 b. 1958 c. 1959 d. 1960
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