In transformational Generative Grammar, the ‘Generative’ means______________?

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1. The theory of Transformational Generative Grammar is contained in ____________?

   A. Chomsky’s “Syntactic Structures” B. Chomsky’s “Aspects of the theory of Syntax” C. Leonard Bloomfield’s “Language” D. Both “a’ & “b”...

2. 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 Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo...

3. Chomsky developed Transformational-Generative Grammar in________?

   A. 1950 B. 1951 C. 1952 D. 1953 Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo...

4. The term “Agonistes” is Greek and it means______________?

   A. one who is in agony. B. one who inflicts agony. C. one who struggles for or champions a cause. D. one who predicts the future....

5. the word renaissance means______________?

   A. the rebirth of learning or knowledge B. reading of books C. the time of astronauts D. the study of art...

6. __________________________is the study of how the mentally represented grammar of language is employed in the production and comprehension of speech?

   A. Socio__linguistics B. Psycho__linguistics C. Neuron__linguistics D. Physio –linguistics...

7. Which among the following are the main properties of grammar ?

   A. To account by its rules for the infinite sentences of a language B. To be explicit about the grammaticality of sentences C. To predict all and the only possible grammatical sentences of a language D. All the above....

8. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of the involuntary exclamations of pain, surprise, pleasure or wonder_________________?

   A. Ding Dong theory B. The Bow__vow theory C. The Pooh__pooh theory D. The Gesture theory...

9. Assimilation is mainly of ____________ types?

   A. Four B. Two C. Three D. Only one...

10. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussure’s Langue and Parole ?

    A. Charles Sanders Pierce B. Leonard bloom FileD. C. Noam Chomsky D. Edward Sapir...