LINGUISTICS EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS.
In what way can animals be said to communicate?
Mirroring the communication strategies that humans model
Using a complex grammar
Adapting species-specific vocabulary throughout evolution
Evolving over time a set of signals that can be interpreted by other animals
Evolving over time a set of signals that can be interpreted by other animals
How do generative accounts explain language?
As a form of knowledge that is generally acquired in school
As a form of knowledge limited by grammatical rules to a fixed number of utterances
As a form of knowledge that is able to generate an infinite number of sentences
As a form of knowledge that must be both spoken and written
As a form of knowledge that is able to generate an infinite number of sentences
Besides describing language, what is the main purpose of linguistics?
To create guidelines for eliminating common grammatical errors
To explain why language is as it is
To standardize dialects of languages
All of the above
To explain why language is as it is
What does the term grammar mean in linguistics?
Our mental dictionary
.The underlying unconscious set of rules for generating language.
A set of principles we are taught.
The rules of how humans should speak and write a particular language.
.The underlying unconscious set of rules for generating language.
,In what way did the focus of linguistics in the 19th and early 20th centuries change?
From focusing on how languages evolve over time, to studying languages as autonomous
systems which should be studied in their own right
None of the above
From focusing on the study of the Latin language, to including English and Arabic
From understanding human communication, to understanding its relation to animal
communication
From focusing on how languages evolve over time, to studying languages as autonomous
systems which should be studied in their own right
In terms of language, what does the term competence refer to?
How we use language
Our level of oral comprehension of language
Our unconscious knowledge of language
The ability to learn multiple languages
Our unconscious knowledge of language
Which question are most modern linguists not interested in answering?
How is language acquired?
How did language evolve?
How is language represented in the brain?
Which language forms are more correct than others?
Which language forms are more correct than others?
What is language to behaviorists?
A form of communication learned by instinct
A set of habits that is acquired through the reinforcement of certain responses to stimuli
A man-made concept of communication developed from natural instincts
None of the above.
A set of habits that is acquired through the reinforcement of certain responses to stimuli
, What do usage-based approaches suggest about language?
Language varies in usefulness depending on how often it is used
Language is acquired instinctively regardless of frequency of use
Language is acquired mainly through repeated use in social interactions
Association between language forms plays no role in language acquisition
Language is acquired mainly through repeated use in social interactions
How would one define the term behaviourism?
The physiological instinct for communication
The theory of language as a form of communication
The physiological response to hearing language
A psychological theory of learning based on habit formation
A psychological theory of learning based on habit formation
What is a minimal pair?
A pair of words that differ by only one sound segment in the same position
A pair of words with no equivalent sound segments
A pair of words that have the minimum amount of sound similarities
A pair of words that are the same in two separate language systems
A pair of words that differ by only one sound segment in the same position
Features are helpful in describing the rules that account for what type of change?
Change in the beginning of words
Allophonic variation
Change in the meaning of words
Change from one phoneme to another
????
When there are complex onsets or codas, what does the Sonority Scale require?
Sonorants must only appear adjacent to the nucleus of a syllable
Sonorants are not considered part of the binary branch
CORRECT ANSWERS.
In what way can animals be said to communicate?
Mirroring the communication strategies that humans model
Using a complex grammar
Adapting species-specific vocabulary throughout evolution
Evolving over time a set of signals that can be interpreted by other animals
Evolving over time a set of signals that can be interpreted by other animals
How do generative accounts explain language?
As a form of knowledge that is generally acquired in school
As a form of knowledge limited by grammatical rules to a fixed number of utterances
As a form of knowledge that is able to generate an infinite number of sentences
As a form of knowledge that must be both spoken and written
As a form of knowledge that is able to generate an infinite number of sentences
Besides describing language, what is the main purpose of linguistics?
To create guidelines for eliminating common grammatical errors
To explain why language is as it is
To standardize dialects of languages
All of the above
To explain why language is as it is
What does the term grammar mean in linguistics?
Our mental dictionary
.The underlying unconscious set of rules for generating language.
A set of principles we are taught.
The rules of how humans should speak and write a particular language.
.The underlying unconscious set of rules for generating language.
,In what way did the focus of linguistics in the 19th and early 20th centuries change?
From focusing on how languages evolve over time, to studying languages as autonomous
systems which should be studied in their own right
None of the above
From focusing on the study of the Latin language, to including English and Arabic
From understanding human communication, to understanding its relation to animal
communication
From focusing on how languages evolve over time, to studying languages as autonomous
systems which should be studied in their own right
In terms of language, what does the term competence refer to?
How we use language
Our level of oral comprehension of language
Our unconscious knowledge of language
The ability to learn multiple languages
Our unconscious knowledge of language
Which question are most modern linguists not interested in answering?
How is language acquired?
How did language evolve?
How is language represented in the brain?
Which language forms are more correct than others?
Which language forms are more correct than others?
What is language to behaviorists?
A form of communication learned by instinct
A set of habits that is acquired through the reinforcement of certain responses to stimuli
A man-made concept of communication developed from natural instincts
None of the above.
A set of habits that is acquired through the reinforcement of certain responses to stimuli
, What do usage-based approaches suggest about language?
Language varies in usefulness depending on how often it is used
Language is acquired instinctively regardless of frequency of use
Language is acquired mainly through repeated use in social interactions
Association between language forms plays no role in language acquisition
Language is acquired mainly through repeated use in social interactions
How would one define the term behaviourism?
The physiological instinct for communication
The theory of language as a form of communication
The physiological response to hearing language
A psychological theory of learning based on habit formation
A psychological theory of learning based on habit formation
What is a minimal pair?
A pair of words that differ by only one sound segment in the same position
A pair of words with no equivalent sound segments
A pair of words that have the minimum amount of sound similarities
A pair of words that are the same in two separate language systems
A pair of words that differ by only one sound segment in the same position
Features are helpful in describing the rules that account for what type of change?
Change in the beginning of words
Allophonic variation
Change in the meaning of words
Change from one phoneme to another
????
When there are complex onsets or codas, what does the Sonority Scale require?
Sonorants must only appear adjacent to the nucleus of a syllable
Sonorants are not considered part of the binary branch
