Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of the individual speaking or writing a given language ?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. A minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language is called__________?

   A. Syllable
   B. Phoneme
   C. Morpheme
   D. Allomorph

3. Human beings can talk about experiences, objects and events which are not present at the time and place of speaking. This property of language is called______________ ?

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

4. My present business,” continued he, speaking with lofty confidence, “is merely to inquire my way to the dwelling of my [relative].” … There was a sudden and general movement in the room, which Robin interpreted as expressing the eagerness of each individual to become his guide. This passage exemplifies____________?

   A. Jamming
   B. Ambiguity
   C. Snaring
   D. Foregrounding

5. Given the popularity of the Gothic novel and the novel of purpose, which of the following novelists wrote fiction that is closer in subject matter to the novel of manners than it is to the writing of her own era ?

   A. Fanny Burney
   B. Mary Wollstonecraft
   C. Anna Letitia Barbauld
   D. Jane Austen

6. Which among the following is not a characteristic feature of language ?

   A. Language is systematic
   B. Language is arbitrary
   C. Language is dynamic
   D. Language is instinctive.

7. Which among the following is an exception to the property of arbitrariness of language ?

   A. Onomatopoeia
   B. Homophones
   C. Homonyms
   D. Portmanteau

8. 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

9. 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

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