INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

QUIZ
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Directions: Read and answer the following statements.

1. The primary medium of language is speech; the written record is but a

secondary representation of the sounds of language.
2. Sounds are arranged in certain fixed or established, systematic order to
form meaningful units or words.
3. There is no inherent relation between the words of a language and their
meanings or the ideas conveyed by them.
4. Language is an important means of communicating between humans of
their ideas, beliefs, or feelings.
5. The presence of the language acquisition device (LAD) in the human
brain predisposes all normal children to acquire their first language in an
amazingly short time, around five years since birth.
6. They believe that language is a dynamic system through which members
of speech community exchange information.
7. They believe that language is a vehicle for establishing interpersonal
relations and for performing social transactions between individuals.
8. They claim that there are three crucial elements of learning.
9. What are the three crucial elements of learning?
10. What are the five hypotheses of Krashen’s Monitor Model?
11. What are the scopes of linguistics studies?
12. What are the two categorizations of sounds?
13. Give five examples of hyponymy.
14. Give five examples of Anaphora.
15. Write five examples of synonymy.
16. Write five examples of antonymy.