Jacques Derrida’s concept of différance challenges us to think about language as a system that___________?

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1. Jacques Derrida’s concept of différance challenges us to think about language as a system that____________?

   A. mirrors our physical evolution as human beings.
   B. prevents us from communicating through writing or speech.
   C. involves a constant process of deferred meaning.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

2. In Of Grammatology, Jacques Derrida argues what about literature ?

   A. No fixed, stable meaning is possible.
   B. Language must be studied in conjunction with history in order to create meaning.
   C. There is no potential for multiple and differing meanings in a work of literature.
   D. Literature is timeless, and thus meaning does not change.

3. In Of Grammatology, Jacques Derrida argues what about literature ?

   A. No fixed, stable meaning is possible.
   B. Language must be studied in conjunction with history in order to create meaning.
   C. Literature is timeless, and thus meaning does not change.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

4. Ultimately, the literary theory of deconstruction argues that___________?

   A. texts are always heterogeneous.
   B. the instability of a text is actually evident in the text itself.
   C. any system for the production of meaning is inevitably bound by context, yet also limitless.
   D. All of the above.

5. According to Jacques Lacan, the mirror stage is the point at which a child_________________?

   A. refuses maternal bonds.
   B. is able to separate the “I” from the “Other.”
   C. looks into a mirror for the first time.
   D. first engages with speech.

6. Who directly challenges Richard for the throne in the play, “Richard III” ?

   A. Tyrell
   B. King Edward IV
   C. Queen Elizabeth
   D. The Earl of Richmond

7. According to Jacques Lacan, the mirror stage is the point at which a child _______________?

   A. refuses maternal bonds.
   B. is able to separate the “I” from the “Other.”
   C. looks into a mirror for the first time.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

8. Human language is structured at the levels of phonemes and morphemes and at the level of words. This property of language is called_______________?

   A. Duality of structure
   B. Recursiveness
   C. Displacement
   D. TransferencE.

9. Language is never statiC. It goes on changing. This property of language is called______________ ?

   A. Dynamic
   B. Recursiveness
   C. Displacement
   D. TransferencE

10. 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

    Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo