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

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

   A. Language B. Parole C. performance D. Both parole and performance...

2. 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...

3. Using a finite set of rules a speaker can produce innumerable grammatical utterances. This property of language is called______________?

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

4. 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...

5. 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...

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. This is a system of fundamental laws governing a society______________?

   A. Discourse B. Constitution C. Language D. Connotation...

9. 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....

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...