A. Language
B. Parole
C. Competence
D. Both langue and Competence
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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. - Which among the following is an exception to the property of arbitrariness of language ?
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Homophones
C. Homonyms
D. Portmanteau - This is a system of fundamental laws governing a society______________?
A. Discourse
B. Constitution
C. Language
D. Connotation - 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. - 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 theseSubmitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo
