The system of communication within a community.

Related Mcqs:

1. Who argues that language is a unique evolutionary development of the human species and distinguished from modes of communication used by any other animal species ?

   A. Ferdenand de Sassure
   B. Albert Chomsky
   C. Noam Chomsky
   D. Noah Webster

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2. In its general sense it refers to the creative capacity of language users to produce an endless number of new sentences, in contrast to the communication systems of animals is called ?

   A. Productivity
   B. Langue
   C. Paradigmatic
   D. Parole

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3. Of the two, reverend Sir,” said the voice like the deacon’s, “I had rather miss an ordination-dinner than to-night’s meeting. They tell me that some of our community are to be here from Falmouth and beyond, and others from Connecticut and Rhode-Island; besides several of the Indian powows, who, after their fashion, know almost as much deviltry as the best of us. A “powow” in this context is___________?

   A. A devil-worshipper
   B. A boxer
   C. An apples-salesman
   D. A medicine man

4. __________________is the accent on certain words within the a sentence?

   A. Semantics
   B. Syntax
   C. Sentence__stress
   D. None of the above

5. I have said that the sole effect of my somewhat childish experiment—that of looking down within the tarn—had been to deepen the first singular impression. There can be no doubt that the consciousness of the rapid increase of my superstition— for why should I not so term it?—served mainly to accelerate the increase itself. Such, I have long known, is the paradoxical law of all sentiments having terror as a basis. This work exemplifies ?

   A. Unity of effect
   B. Ratiocinactive effect
   C. Cataleptic effect
   D. Didactic effect

6. What approach is described by the paragraph? Users of this approach believe that all information essential to the interpretation of a work must be found within the work itself; there is no need to bring in outside information about the history, politics, or society of the time, or about the author’s life ?

   A. Historical/Biographical Approach
   B. Moral/ Philosophical Approach
   C. Formalism
   D. Psychological Approach

7. What historical figure promoted the rapid growth of a high Anglican faction within the church whose ceremony, ritual, and doctrine more closely resembled Roman Catholicism ?

   A. William Collins
   B. William Laud
   C. William Shakespeare
   D. William Tyndale

8. Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth’s claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelings of the individual poet as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” ?

   A. the lyric poem written in the first person
   B. the sonnet
   C. doggerel rhyme
   D. the political tract

9. Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth’s claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelingsof the individual poet as \the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings\ ?

   A. the lyric poem written in the first person
   B. the sonnet
   C. doggerel rhyme
   D. the political tract

10. The meaning a word within a language?

    A. Sense
    B. Common Sense
    C. Essence
    D. Sense

    Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo