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.
Related Mcqs:
- __________________________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 - In transformational Generative Grammar, the ‘Generative’ means______________?
A. ‘to produce’
B. ‘to develop’
C. ‘to predict’
D. All the above - 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” - 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 PowellSubmitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo
- Chomsky developed Transformational-Generative Grammar in________?
A. 1950
B. 1951
C. 1952
D. 1953Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo
- The main plot of Richardson’s Pamela reflects the main characteristics of the sentimental novel through its emphasis on which of the following ?
A. Pamela’s attempt to seduce her employer
B. Pamela’s parents’ attempt to marry her to a wealthy landowner
C. Pamela’s struggle to overcome her poverty through hard-work
D. Pamela’s attempts to protect her chastity from the advances of her employer - “When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. … After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading…”?
A. Samson Occcum
B. John Winthrop
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. Mayflower Compact - Which among the following is not an aim of linguistics_______________?
A. To study the nature of language
B. To establish a theory of language
C. To propound stories of the origin of language
D. To describe a language and all languages - 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 - Which among the following pairs are Alveolar plosives ?
A. /p/ & /b/
B. /m/ & /v/
C. /t/ &/d/
D. /k/ & /g/
