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________________?

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1. The type of study of the changes in language over a span of 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 systematic study of signs is called __________?

   A. Semiotics
   B. Semiology
   C. Both “a” & “b”
   D. Neither “a” not “b”

4. 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

5. Who defined language as “a set or (finite or infinite) sentences, each finite in length and constructed out of a finite set of elements” ?

   A. Noam Chomsky
   B. Ferdinand de Saussure
   C. Edward Sapir
   D. None of the above

6. Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and organization of the elements of language ?

   A. Language
   B. Parole
   C. Competence
   D. Both langue and Competence

7. Which among the following terms denotes the formal agreement between various constituent elements of a language ?

   A. Concord
   B. Gerund
   C. Phrase structure
   D. None of the above

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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