The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time is called________________?

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1. The type of study which focus on the analysis of the systematic interrelation of the elements of a single language at a particular time is called________________?

   A. Synchronic
   B. Diachronic
   C. Semiotic
   D. Onomatopoeic

2. 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

3. The language variety which has certain features which are typical of certain disciplines, topics, fields, occupations and social roles played by the speaker, is called________________ ?

   A. Dialect
   B. Idiolect
   C. Register
   D. Slang

4. 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.

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

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

6. It is possible to write down spoken language and read aloud the written material. This property of language is called______________ ?

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

7. Competence is a term to describe the knowledge possessed by native users of a language which enables them to speak and understand their language fluently was introduced by________?

   A. Sassure
   B. Enoch Powel
   C. Noam Chomsky
   D. None of these

   Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo

8. __________________________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

9. ______________is the scientific study of language ?

   A. Philology
   B. Phonology
   C. Phonetics
   D. linguistics

10. A poem of fourteen lines is called________________?

    A. Elege
    B. Sonnet
    C. Ode
    D. Epic