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Design Features of Human Language, Fundamentos 1

The document is a quiz focused on the design features of human language, assessing knowledge on properties such as productivity, arbitrariness, and displacement. It includes multiple-choice questions that require selecting the correct answers related to language characteristics. The quiz is designed for educational purposes and evaluates understanding of key linguistic concepts.

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Topics covered

  • Language universals,
  • Language and media,
  • Human language,
  • Language and cognition,
  • Language use,
  • Reflexivity,
  • Language and power,
  • Animal communication,
  • Language and culture,
  • Language acquisition
34 views5 pages

Design Features of Human Language, Fundamentos 1

The document is a quiz focused on the design features of human language, assessing knowledge on properties such as productivity, arbitrariness, and displacement. It includes multiple-choice questions that require selecting the correct answers related to language characteristics. The quiz is designed for educational purposes and evaluates understanding of key linguistic concepts.

Uploaded by

Johanna Sosa Aguilar
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Topics covered

  • Language universals,
  • Language and media,
  • Human language,
  • Language and cognition,
  • Language use,
  • Reflexivity,
  • Language and power,
  • Animal communication,
  • Language and culture,
  • Language acquisition

16/4/25, 15:32 Design Features of Human Language (Video N°1)

Design Features of Human Language


(Video N°1)
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In this quiz, you'll be tested on your knowledge of key design features in human language.
Read each question carefully and select the most appropriate answer.

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What property of human language allows us to create an infinite number *1/1


of sentences?

Arbitrariness

Productivity

Duality

Displacement

What feature of language is characterized by symbols having no logical *1/1


connection to what they represent?

Arbitrariness

Displacement

Cultural transmission

Structure-dependence

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The property of language that allows us to talk about things not present *1/1
in time or space is called:

Cultural transmission

Discreteness

Displacement

Productivity

What distinguishes human language from animal communication *1/1


systems?

Only humans use sounds to communicate

Human language has all design features fully developed

Animal systems cannot express emotions

Only humans communicate in groups

The feature of language that involves learning through social interaction *1/1
is:

Structure-dependence

Cultural transmission

Reflexivity

Discreteness

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Which design feature refers to the ability to use language to talk about *0/1
language itself?

Reflexivity

Productivity

Arbitrariness

Displacement

Correct answer

Reflexivity

The idea that language is organized into discrete units that combine to *1/1
form larger meaningful units is called:

Displacement

Structure-dependence

Discreteness

Duality of patterning

Which of these is NOT generally considered a core design feature of *1/1


human language?

Arbitrariness

Telepathy

Cultural transmission

Productivity

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The feature that explains why grammar rules operate on structural *1/1
relationships rather than just word order is:

Reflexivity

Structure-dependence

Productivity

Arbitrariness

The concept that meaningless sounds can be combined to create *1/1


meaningful words demonstrates:

Cultural transmission

Displacement

Duality of patterning

Arbitrariness

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